10562 (v.8) Journalism- Industry Placement 317

Area:	Department of Journalism
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	8.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Fieldwork:	1 x 10 Days Once-only
Prerequisite(s):	9362 (v.10) Journalism- Advanced Radio News 396 or any previous version OR 9363 (v.9) Journalism- Television Current Affairs 397 or any previous version OR 10487 (v.8) Journalism - Print Production 395 or any previous version
Syllabus:	This unit presents students with the opportunity to hone their journalistic skills while undertaking a placement at a Western Australian media organisation. Students will validate their theoretical and professional knowledge in news room situations, filing copy, attending media and press conferences while working in a collaborative environment. Students will apply that knowledge within the legal and ethical parameters which apply to the profession and which. This unit will measure how well students understand the nexus between professional practice and academic theories by ask students to maintain a journal and finally through a reflective essay.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	100703 Journalism
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External