This unit will introduce students to news gathering, research, story construction and news writing for delivery over a variety of platforms, from print-based to online and broadcast. It will give students foundation skills which they can then apply in the subsequent electronic and print feature units.

This subject takes students beyond event and reactionary reporting towards an understanding of the proactive process of exploration, interpretation and exposure in journalism. Students learn how to find, filter and file information in a dynamic and constantly changing environment. Given a lot more time to explore issues, students learn to add value to information while keeping the story current, to deadline and in the public sphere, while negotiating with the media industry to get their stories out into the public sphere.

This unit further develops knowledge, skills and abilities achieved and learned in Introduction to Journalism. Magazine Journalism focuses on the professional practice of writing for magazines through an understanding of varied audiences for such a vibrant media industry in Australia. Students pitch ideas to magazine editors and work towards being published in the process of understanding how freelancing works in the Australian magazines industry.

Investigative Journalism is regarded as the pinnacle of journalism. It is reserved to best and brightest, who have proven themselves in other areas of journalism. It is done by inquisitive journalists and by those who have solid research skills and intellectual abilities. Investigative journalism provokes and enables change on society, by unearthing wrong doing and thus altering the agendas of both the citizenry and the policy makers. Rather than reacting to the breaking news of the day, investigative journlists set a wider agenda. The work of investigative journalists is validated when citizens respond by demanding change from their leaders.

Students studying this unit examine the function of photojournalism in the process of newsgathering and production and examine the relationship between images and text and their communicative potential. The unit involves a variety of approaches to photojournalism using monochrome and colour photography and location lighting for social documentary for ultimate use in a range of published forms.

Television Journalism is designed to introduce students to the basics of reporting for television news and information programs. It covers news gathering for television, basic camerawork and editing, writing to pictures, interviewing, narrating and story construction as well as analysis of the social role of television news and information programs.

This unit introduces students to radio journalism, providing both a practical and an analytical understanding of the medium. Students will learn news gathering, writing, interviewing, and production skills and take part in the production of community news bulletin.

This unit introduces students to the concept surrounding the editorial team process and the culture of the newsroom across all news media. It explores the social and organisational context of news production in commercial, public or community news organisations. It draws upon theory from communication, sociology, psychology, and management to provide a broad understanding of the principles and practices of effective and creative news teams. It critically analyses the structures, processes and techniques of news gathering to enable quality team outcomes. The unit encourages collaborative working relationships and develops students' own practice in a team.

This unit provides students with the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge they are developing during their studies to tasks within a workplace (the host organisation). The unit is likely to involve substantial contact with the public through workplace placements and, for this reason, it is deemed a professional placement. The unit is restricted to students in their third year of study (or part time equivalent).