Assessment Tasks
Students in this course will complete three major assigments.
1. Student Blogs
Students will each be assigned to cover an area of news and current affairs reporting. They will use a blog to monitor, report and analyse the media's performance in this area. This will form the basis of all other assessment tasks. They will then provide a class presentation of this research to the class and choose a topic from this area to develop more fully into a research essay.
2. Class Presentation
Student's will present to class their observations and analysis about the area of reporting they have been monitoring in their blog. They will also present an initial topic outline for a research essay that arises from thier blogging project.
3. Final Essay
A 3000 word research essay that develops an analysis of an area of news and current affairs reporting and relates it to the theoretical perspectives explored in the course.
Please consult detailed assignment outlines for requirements, dues dates and assessment criteria.
