A reflective report containing:
The continual assessment on performance within Stoke-on-Trent TV and
A critical analysis of development of progress of working within Stoke-on-Trent TV
[Learning Outcomes 1-8, weighted at 50%]

A total of 30 broadcast artefacts facts (TV packages, online stories or evidence of research for longer form programming)
(Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, weighted at 50%)

Students will work within news and research teams at Stoke-on-Trent TV under the supervision of the station’s professional staff. They will be expected to carry out research for news and feature programming. They will be expected to develop to a professional standard of broadcasting to the point where they can produce TV packages, perform live links from the field, assistant-produce news, current affairs and feature programmes and present bulletins.
This will cover the entire range of news and current affairs, including hard news, politics, sport and features.

Day to day contact with the station’s professional editors and producers within a professional broadcast environment where the student is embedded in the news and programme-making team.
Plus regular tutorials with university tutors to monitor progress.

Stoke-on-Trent TV newsroom, studios and broadcasting facilities.

Broadcast Newsroom.

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

Cadman library.

Andrews, P., Sports Journalism, Sage, 2014
Bowen, C and Thompson, R, The Grammar of the Edit, Focal Press, 2013
Boyd, A., Broadcast Journalism - Techniques of Radio and Television News, Focal Press, 2008
Chantler, P. & Stewart, P., Basic Radio Journalism, Focal Press, 2003
Hudson, G. & Rowlands, S. The Broadcast Journalism Handbook, Pearson, 2012
Mills, J., The Broadcast Voice, Focal Press, 2004
Ray, V., The Television News Handbook, McMillan, 2003
Thompson, R. Writing for Broadcast Journalists, Routledge 2010
Trewin, J., Presenting on TV and Radio, Focal Press, 2003

1. IDENTIFY NEWS CONTENT AND PRIORITY FOR NEWS BULLETINS, SOUND EDITORIAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAKES A NEWS STORY AND ABILITY TO FIND THE NEWS ANGLE TO A PROFESSIONAL STANDARD [Knowledge and Understanding]

2. DEMONSTRATE STRONG COLLABORATIVE SKILLS WITHIN A NEWS PRODUCTION TEAM, AND THE ABILITY TO EDIT BULLETINS - CONTENT, STRUCTURE AND RUNNING ORDER - TO A PROFESSIONAL STANDARD [Collaborative Working]

3. RESEARCH AND WRITE NEWS AND FEATURES IN THE STYLE APPROPRIATE TO STOKE-ON-TRENT TV AND PRESENT NEWS STORIES TO A PROFESSIONAL STANDARD. RESEARCH BACKGROUND AND SETTING-UP EXERCISES FOR LONGER FORM PROGRAMMING [Application

4. RESEARCH AND RECORD INTERVIEWS AND GATHER VOX POPS AND DIGITALLY EDIT FOR TV PACKAGES [Practical and Professional]

5. WRITE TO PICTURES, REPORT LIVE, RECORDED OR ON LOCATION TO A PROFESSIONAL STANDARD [Practical and Professional]

6. DEMONSTRATE STRONG PITCHING ABILITY AND ABILITY TO PROMOTE AND DEFEND A STORY [Communication]

7. EVALUATE COMPLEX NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS ISSUES SYSTEMATICALLY AND CREATIVELY AND EMPLOY APPROPRIATE DECISION-MAKING IN UNPREDICTABLE SITUATIONS [Problem Solving]

8. DEMONSTRATE THE QUALITIES AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS NECESSARY FOR EMPLOYMENT ON A LOCAL TV STATION REQUIRING INITIATIVE, SELF-DIRECTION AND ORIGINALITY IN TACKLING AND SOLVING PROBLEMS. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO ACT AUTONOMOUSLY IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING TASKS WITHIN A PROFESSIONAL LOCAL TV ENVIRONMENT [Reflection]