Overview

This unit teaches students about journalistic-style audio and video story-telling for media and non-media organisations, using established and new technologies and media platforms. Students will gain in-field story-telling experience and learn how to deliver multi-media content using the latest technologies to online audiences. This unit also provides students with live studio production and presentation experience in preparation for working in the media industry.

Requisites

Prerequisites
MDA10018 Content Creator Lab

OR
50 credit points of Level 2 Units
OR
JOU10007 Media Content Creation

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Critically analyse and evaluate the key debates on representation in global media practice and strategies for decolonisation in journalism
  • Identify concepts of convergence, produsage and interactivity in multiplatform storytelling
  • Demonstrate inclusive news gathering practices through use of diverse sources, verification and ethical editing practices
  • Interrogate and extend upon traditional visual storytelling methods to produce interactive storytelling elements
  • Apply industry-standard photographic and video production techniques to create stories for and about social media audiences

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Lecture		1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
Specified Activities
Various		3.00 12 weeks 36
Unspecified Activities
Various		6.50 12 weeks 78
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment Individual  30%  3,4,5 
Feature Article Research and Writing Group  30%  1,2,3,4,5 
Major Video Project Assignment Group  40%  1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Examination and analysis of local and international online multi-media platforms and their role in telling stories for audiences
  • Analysis of contemporary theoretical debates about the role of new technologies in media content creation and distribution
  • Audio story-telling using industry equipment and software
  • Video story-telling using industry equipment and software
  • Production of audio and video packages for online publication
  • Publication of multi-media stories on social media platforms

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.