Newyddiaduraeth Darlledu (MA)

Sut y caf fy addysgu?

You will be taught through a variety of practical workshops, studio time and productions days which replicate an industry environment as well as lecture series to support the more academic elements of the course.

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You will be assessed through a wide range of formative and summative assessments throughout the course. These range from practical class room activities to academic essays and examinations.

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You will be allocated a Personal Tutor, for help and support with academic and pastoral needs, who is available when needed to discuss progress, provide advice and guidance.

You will be supported by the Student Support services in the school and through wider university resources.

You will have regular tutorials with programme directors/personal tutors as well as the opportunity to meet with module co-ordinators on request.

Feedback

Feedback is provided at each assessment point for summative assessments, formative feedback is provided in practical sessions and throughout teaching.

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On completion of the course you will be able to:

• Identify, research, produce and distribute news stories targeted at a specific audience to an agreed deadline.
• Write accurate, concise copy that is fair, balanced and suitable for broadcast and other digital platforms.
• Use a range of software and hardware to record, edit and publish content.
• Present live and recorded material confidently, in an accurate and conversational manner.

Knowledge and understanding

On completion of the course you should:

• Be able to describe the principles, theory, philosophy, ethics, law and practice of journalism, especially broadcast journalism.
• Have developed professional news values and the ability to use them to identify appropriate stories and use this information to write or otherwise produce effective pieces of broadcast and digital journalism.
• Understand how to adapt this material to the needs of differing audiences, platforms and editorial objectives.
• Be able to display competence in the use of relevant pieces of broadcast software and hardware.

Intellectual skills

On completion of the course you should:

• Demonstrate an awareness of the role of the broadcast journalist across a range of outputs across the industry.
• Be able to critically analyse material broadcast by different news organisations.
• Be able to communicate complex stories effectively for radio, TV and other platforms from a range of primary and secondary sources and background knowledge, using appropriate techniques.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop programme ideas and communicate them effectively to a team of journalists.
• Understand the editorial, and administrative skills and techniques needed to realise these ideas.
• Show an understanding of the managerial skills needed to lead a team of journalists.

An understanding and experience of:

• The roles involved in broadcast journalism: editor, producer, reporter, production journalist etc.
• The editorial and practical skills needed to create appropriate running orders for programmes and shorter bulletins.
• The principles of mobile and digital journalism; practical experience of putting these to use.  
• Capture/editing/playout software and hardware for radio, TV and other platforms.
• The range of roles in the radio studio and TV gallery.
• Using online/digital tools to create and manipulate content for a variety of platforms.
• The most effective ways to pitch story ideas to colleagues and to operate effectively in a newsroom environment.
• Identifying and developing contacts and other sources, either through a specific “patch” or more generally, in order to generate news stories.
• How to deliver broadcast scripts, live and pre-recorded, in a professional manner. 
• Effective interviewing techniques when dealing with contributors.
• Using a range of equipment – both for radio and TV – to gather broadcast standard content.
• Using a mobile device to gather and distribute content for radio, TV and other platforms.
• How to work safely on location.

Shorthand is not a compulsory element of the Broadcast course but it is made available at no extra cost. All broadcast students, and especially those with reporting ambitions, should seriously consider taking advantage of this opportunity to acquire an invaluable journalistic skill.