Course overview
To enable students to develop foundational understanding of and practical skills for use in news-based scriptwriting, audio and video production and editing, and an understanding of the importance of narrative in broadcast storytelling. Through developing news gathering, writing and broadcast skills – generating broadcast story ideas, conducting interviews, recording voice-overs and vision – students use software to edit and create a range of audio and video news stories. They develop transferable skills for use in a range of sound and visual platforms, and gain an understanding of legal and ethical obligations associated with broadcast journalism.
- Fundamentals Of Broadcast
- Broadcast News
- Telling Broadcast Stories
Course learning outcomes
- Understand and apply the distinct features of broadcast journalism formats and identify different presentation styles within radio/audio, TV/video and podcasts.
- Examine and demonstrate an understanding of diverse scriptwriting and storytelling techniques for radio/audio and television/video.
- Apply the basics of producing and editing audio and video broadcast packages, utilising industry standard audio and video production software.
- Demonstrate transferable skills for use in a broad range of audio and video formats
- Understand key ethical and legal requirements of broadcast interviewing and reporting.
- for radio/audio and television/video
Degree list
The following degrees include this course