3963 (v.10) Journalism- Feature Writing 314

Area:	Department of Journalism
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
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.
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	8885 (v.9) Journalism- Print News 213 or any previous version
Syllabus:	This intensive production unit develops and extends the research, interviewing and writing skills gained in Introduction to Print and Print News Reporting. Students develop their own feature story ideas and write engaging and relevant features of publishable quality for the Western Independent newspaper. The unit explains and evaluates the different forms, styles and structures print features can take-news features, investigative features, profiles, travel features, essays, literary journalism-and analyses of some of the best non-fiction writing from which students can learn. It explains the importance of and encourages a reflective and ethical approach to researching and writing feature stories, and promotes knowledge and understanding of: the similarities and differences between non-fiction and fiction writing; research methods and sources; the different approaches to writing features for different publications and different audiences; and the complexities in the journalist-source relationship.
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