Advanced Journalistic Writing aims to prepare students for the professional workplace. They will learn about covering a geographical patch and a specialised area such as sport, music or the environment. They will practise reporting from councils and courts. They will learn about colour writing and produce a second researched feature, in all cases with specific target publications in mind.

Students will be assigned a patch and will be expected to produce news stories and short features from their patch. They will be encouraged to specialise in different areas such as sport, music or the environment. They will practise reporting from councils and courts. They will be helped to produce all their work aimed at target publications so they become familiar with different types of journalistic writing. They will produce wrap and running stories to a deadline. They will continue the features work from semester one, producing a piece of reportage and a second researched feature. Assessment will be by the production of a portfolio of work completed during the course, and a final timed examination.

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the value of contacts in a designated geographical patch as a major source of news ideas for features. Apply their news/feature writing and radio editing skills to covering a specialised subject - sport, music, politics, the environment and produce stories from their contacts in these specialised areas. Apply their news writing and radio editing skills to reporting from courts and council meetings. Write for target publications. Write running stories and wrap stories to strict deadlines. Apply their research skills to producing a second substantial feature.

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Show an appreciation of the importance of cultivating contacts in specific geographical areas and specialised subject areas as invaluable sources of news. Appreciate the importance of having a good shorthand note to cover courts and council meetings.

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Write a variety of news and feature stories. Write news stories from Courts and Council meetings. Write a piece of reportage. Write an in-depth researched feature. Produce short radio reports for broadcast and podcast

This module consists of a two hour laboratory and a one hour tutorial where students will be taught the value of cultivating good sources in a designated geographical patch and in a specialised subject area, like music, sport or art. The students will engage in active learning under the guidance of the lecturer and tutor on how to develop good sources in a specfic geographical patch and they will have to produce news and short feature stories from the locality on a weekly basis, plus lists and contact numbers for their sources. They will also engage in active learning on how to cultivate sources in specialised areas like music and sport and see the value these sources can have in delivering exclusive stories, as opposed to generalised information on the subject that is available to all on the web. Students will be helped in producing this work for a target publication and encouraged to get it placed in the publication. They will also be guided in tutorials on how to produce a second researched feature and piece of reportage for a target publication.