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 the workshop. Typically, the day-long workshop sessions once a week (100% of contact time) will include formative feedback from teaching staff on story choices and treatments, programme content, and recording and production techniques. Independent study will involve research (typically 20%), setting up items, including production meetings with other students (30%) and recording and editing material for radio, TV and online (50%).

Key Information Set Data:
44% scheduled L&T activities
56% guided independent learning

Broadcast Newsroom and portable equipment.

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
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% (3,000 words)
[Learning Outcomes 1, 2]

Broadcast artefacts (to include online story treatments, radio and TV packages - typically 30 items) 50% [Learning Outcomes 3,4,6]

Key Information Set Data:
30% practical
70% coursework