Newsroom
Radio and TV studios
Recorders and TV cameras
Internet/StaffsLive
PA Mediapoint
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Theory and practice are integrated. Online radio and television are also covered concurrently with individual
and group work on broadcast assignments. All teaching takes place in the broadcast newsroom and
studios and occasionally on location recording. Contact time takes place through workshop sessions in
which lecture and practical material is combined with a programme of directed reading and viewing and
listening. Training is seen as very important and each student will benefit from an individual session with a professional during the Semester.
Technical training will be offered throughout and is built into specific workshops to enable students to gain practice in the use of recording equipment such as audio recording with a Yellowtech microphone, and audio editing with Audacity.
There is approximately 100 hours of supervised activity throughout the semester one module. Students are supervised for approximately eight hours a week studying the basics of theory and practice of broadcast journalism.

This 15 credit module examines concurrently online radio and radio reporting and presentation. The module aims to integrate the major theories and practical skills of the broadcast journalist. It also gives students a grasp of professional presentation techniques. It investigates, analyses and gives practice in finding news stories, voice and package reporting, interview techniques, bulletin editing, the use of actuality, the use of records/engineering and digital editing.
The module examines broadcast journalism practice to give essential skills in the field as well as an understanding of the relationship between the practice of broadcast journalism, the production values of broadcasting and definitions of news.
The module will examine present practice but will extend this to explore the impact of new technology on news and newsgathering. The module will teach radio and TV styles and their relative effectiveness.

Multi-media Newsdays. Continual assessment of each student will take place on all areas of performance, using a continual assessment sheet to include news judgement, news writing portfolio, technical ability, presentation performance, editing ability, leadership and team working ability, creativity in package making (100% weighting, Learning Outcomes 1 to 6).

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Harcup,Tony (2007) The Ethical Journalist, London, Sage.
Hicks, Wynford (1999) Writing for Journalists, London, Routledge.
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Hudson, Gary and Rowlands, Sarah (2012) The Broadcast Journalism Handbook, London, Pearson.
McKane, Anna, (2007) Newswriting, London, Sage.
Mills, Jenni (2005). The Broadcast Voice, Focal.
Phillips, Angela, (2007) Good Writing for Journalists, London, Sage
Sissons, Helen, (2007) Practical Journalism: How to Write News, London, Sage.
Thompson, Rick (2005) Writing for Broadcast Journalists, London, Routledge
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1. DEMONSTRATE SOUND EDITORIAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAKES A NEWS STORY AND ABILITY TO GENERATE AN ANGLE
Knowledge & Understanding
Problem Solving

2. PRODUCE A BROADCAST WRITING STYLE WHICH MIRRORS INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR ONLINE RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS
Application
Knowledge & Understanding

3. RECORD, EDIT AND COMPILE NEWS PACKAGES FOR ONLINE RADIO AND TV BROADCASTS WITH CLARITY AND INTEREST
Application
Knowledge & Understanding

4. ADAPT TO VARIOUS STYLES OF PRESENTATION, WRITING AND EDITORIAL
Application
Knowledge & Understanding
Learning

5. DEMONSTRATE A CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION AND AWARENESS OF CONTEMPORARY THEORIES AND APPROACHES TO PRACTICE OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM
Analysis
Knowledge & Understanding

6. SHOW ORIGINALITY IN THE APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE
Application
Knowledge & Understanding

Do you have what it takes to work in the high-pressure setting of a BBC radio studio or Sky News television set? This module is where you will be taught the basic skills to do precisely that - in the studio and in workshop sessions - with some of our highly experienced staff. Our tutors have years of experience at the very top of the media industry and will help you develop those skills in a real-world setting.