Overview
Qualification Grading Type
Graded
Unit Learning Outcomes
1.
Understand the importance of layout in news journalism.
Assessment Criteria
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1.1.
Critically compare layout across news multi-platforms.
2.
Be able to use the essential formula for new writing.
Assessment Criteria
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2.1.
Apply the essential formula effectively in researching and writing news stories.
To cover how the essential formula is used to construct bias. Essential formula: who, where, why, what, when and how.
3.
Know how to distinguish between fact, opinion and agenda.
Assessment Criteria
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3.1.
Analyse opinion and agenda in specific articles.
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3.2.
Analyse the balance of fact and opinion in specific articles.
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3.3.
Express facts and opinions appropriately in the production of a news article.
4.
Understand the different approaches in tabloid-style and broadsheet-style text found in different platforms.
Assessment Criteria
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4.1.
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.