Newsroom facilities
Media Laboratory
National and regional newspapers and magazines
Internet - www.news.bbc.co.uk/news
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
www.ofcom.org.uk
www.nctj.com
www.newspapersoc.org.uk
www.guardian.co.uk/media

One weekly lecture to communicate principles of news evaluation and news writing.
One weekly workshop to practise writing and apply the theory learned in the lectures.
Independent study in order to prepare and research for the workshops.
Visiting professionals to deliver lectures and take part in workshops.

This module is designed to develop students' writing skills to enable them to tackle more complex areas of journalism. They will progress from the basic news story structure to learn different styles of writing, and how these are appropriate in different situations. Students will also need to understand the need for depth and analysis in journalism and develop an awareness of when subjective or opinion-based writing is appropriate.
By the end of the module students should be able to originate research and write a feature (for publication or broadcast) which reflects a diversity of views and to write an arts or restaurant review.
Work undertaken on this module will also prepare students for the NCTJ Handout and Newspaper Journalism exams.

Portfolio of articles (some in controlled, timed circumstances) totalling 2,500 words.

David Randall, 2000 (2nd edition),The Universal Journalist, Pluto Press.
Richard Keeble, 2001,(3rd edition) The Newspapers Handbook, Rotledge.
Richard Rudin and Trevor Ibbotson, 2002, An Introduction to Journalism, Focal Press.
Wynford Hicks, 1998, English for Journalists, Routledge
Ivor Yorke, 2000 (4th edition), Television News, Focal Press
Christopher Browne, 1999, The Journalist's Handbook, A and C Black, London
Lynette Sheridan Burns, 2002, Understanding Journalism, Sage
Joan Clayton, 1994, Interviewing for Journalists, Piatkus
Jerry Lanson and Barabara Croll Fought. 1999, News in a New Century, Sage