Students will work in news teams to devise and present both pre-recorded packages, voice reports and voice-overs as well as live news bulletins including political , and sports reporting. Students will research, record, present and edit a radio and television package and select, write and present a series of radio and TV news bulletins throughout the newsdays, and contribute online material.

Workshops every week with preparation of TV and radio packages outside of workshop

Broadcast Newsroom

The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Hudson, G. & Rowlands, S. The Broadcast Journalism Handbook, Pearson, 2007
Mills, J., The Broadcast Voice, Focal Press, 2004
Trewin, J., Presenting on TV and Radio, Focal Press, 2003
Fleming, C., The Radio Handbook, Routledge, 2002
Ray, V., The Television News Handbook, McMillan, 2003
Boyd, A., Broadcast Journalism - techniques of radio and television news, Focal Press, 2001
Chantler, P. & Stewart, P., Basic Radio Journalism, Focal Press, 2003

Continual Assessment on performance within workshop 30% [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6, 7]

Essay - Critical analysis of development of progress of working as a Broadcast Journalist within newsdays 20% (2000 words)
[Learning Outcomes 1, 2]

A total of 30 broadcast artefacts (10 each of online story treatments, radio and TV packages) 50% (learning outcomes 3,4,6)