Overview
Qualification Grading Type
Graded
Grade Descriptors
- GD3-Application of skills
- GD4-Use of information
- GD5-Communication and presentation
- GD7-Quality
This unit is expiring
The expiry date of this unit is 31/07/2026.
Graded
Understand the importance of layout in news journalism.
Critically compare layout across news multi-platforms.
Be able to use the essential formula for new writing.
Essential formula: who, where, why, what, when and how.
Apply the essential formula effectively in researching and writing news stories
To cover how the essential formula is used to construct bias.
Know how to distinguish between fact, opinion and agenda.
Analyse opinion and agenda in specific articles.
Analyse the balance of fact and opinion in specific articles.
Express facts and opinions appropriately in the production of a news article.
Understand the different approaches in tabloid-style and broadsheet-style text found in different platforms.
Explain some of the major differences between tabloid-style and broadsheet-style text on any platform, such as language, headlines or audience appeal in terms of layout, ongoing identity and agenda.
Explore demographics in relation to audience, ongoing agenda and identity.