Handbook - Professional Media Practices: Creating, Publishing and Publicising Digital Journalism

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Overview

In this Masters-level course you will hone work-ready skills associated with commissioning, researching, creating, editing, publishing and publicising digital journalism in the real world context of a live online publication. You will develop your ability to meet deadlines as you produce, edit and/or layout publishable multi-media packages (words, images, audio, video) for delivery on the online publication. At the same time you will develop skills associated with social-media engagements around the online publication - e.g. publicising the site's content via Twitter, Facebook and similar platforms; managing reader comments on content; tracking hits on the online publication site via data analytics; managing search engine optimisation (SEO) for published items; and so on. The course will provide you with the opportunity to enhance your own portfolio, to be mentored by a media professional, to participate in a media-practice based community and to establish all-important media industry contacts.

Conditions for Enrolment

Prerequisite: MDIA5001, MDIA5006, or MDIA5010, and enrolment in a postgraduate PR & Advertising, Journalism & Communication program or Law

Delivery

In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

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Course Outline

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MDIA5011 Course Outline

Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$1813
Domestic Students	$3360
International Students	$4770

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Faculty
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Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture

School
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School of the Arts and Media

Study Level
Study Level refers to the academic level of a program, specialisation or course.

Postgraduate

Offering Terms
Depending on the Academic Calendar type, an offering term generally refers to an academic teaching period of between 8-13 weeks in duration.

Term 2

Campus

Sydney

Academic Calendar

Field of Education

100700 Communication And Media Studies

Timetable

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