ALJ221 - Video Journalism
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Christopher Scanlon |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALJ319 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week Approximately 1-hour of online learning tasks per week. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Develop your visual storytelling skills to produce compelling content for broadcast, online or mobile media. Using a practice-based, hands-on approach, you will research, interview, script, record and edit video and sound to create engaging and inspiring visual content. You will learn to identify the kinds of stories that lend themselves to video treatment, be guided through the process of capturing and editing clips using industry-standard tools and practice your on-screen presentation skills. You will explore the rapidly changing landscape for video journalism, and the ethical and legal aspects of mobile video, as well as produce news and current affairs packages to build your professional portfolio.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Work collaboratively and cooperatively as part of a team to identify, research and present visually coherent, interesting and topical news and current affairs stories | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global Citizenship |
| ULO2 | Conduct interviews and gather appropriate footage and research to produce compelling video news packages | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Script, present to camera and narrate information to a range of audiences in a way that demonstrates a clear understanding of the visual grammar and conventions of news and current affairs reporting | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO4 | Work independently and collaboratively as part of a team to research and apply ethical and legal judgments associated with video journalism to all stages of the production process | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self Management |
| ULO5 | Critically analyse and reflect on how contemporary political, economic, and technological changes are affecting video journalism as a story-telling medium | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO6 | Create stories that demonstrate a clear understanding of the visual grammar and conventions of news and current affairs reporting | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Group) Video shooting assignment | 1200 words or equivalent | 40% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2: Pitching exercise | 1200 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 8 |
| Assessment 3: Video news package | 1600 words or equivalent | 40% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ALJ221 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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