Multimedia News Journalism (with short practice)
Most Norwegian journalists work as all-round journalists in small or medium-sized newsrooms. The course provides practical and varied training needed to prepare for this type of journalistic work. The course includes journalistic production exercises in various topics, genres and forms of media, combined with ethical reflection. Students will learn about key areas of society, while producing news and feature stories on these topics. The topics may vary from year to year, for instance politics, health care, welfare, the legal system, education, sports, culture.
Full-time study with emphasis on practical journalistic production exercises, combined with theoretical teaching internally at Nord University. Towards the end, the course includes a short external practice in a local newsroom.
Knowledge The student ...
- has knowledge of society and knowledge of journalistic practices in covering various topics
- has thorough knowledge of journalistic genres and different methods of narration
- has in-depth knowledge of news and feature language
- has knowledge of analysis and argumentation in opinion journalism
- has thorough understanding of ethical challenges in journalism
Skills
The student ...
- masters methods of idea development, individually and in groups
- can gather and critically assess information from different sources
- can plan, organise and carry out news and reporting work
- makes justified choices at all stages of the journalistic work process
- masters visual and digital methods of narration
General competence
The student ...
- has good knowledge of journalistic work in editorial institutions
- can work as an all-round journalist and cover different topics
- has insight into relevant academic and professional issues
- masters work methods in accordance with ethical requirements and guidelines
Compulsory participation (OD). It is compulsory to participate (minimum 80%) in teaching and learning activities, including organised supervision on this course, see the teaching plan in Canvas. Completion is required before the student is eligible for examination/assessment.
Grading scheme: Approved/not approved. Represents 0/100 of the grade.
Portfolio examination (MA/L) Individual portfolio with journalistic products and reflection notes. During the course, students create and submit journalistic pieces of work involving different topics, genres and forms of media. For the examination, the student selects four journalistic pieces of work that represent different genres and forms of media. In addition, the student submits two reflection notes: one that justifies the selection of the journalistic products in the portfolio, and one that answers a given task connected to the reading list. The 6 pieces of work in the portfolio are graded as a whole and given one overall grade. Grade A-F. Represents 100 % of the course grade.
Coursework requirements (AK/AR). Submission of journalistic pieces of work. Completion is required before being eligible for examination/assessment. Represents 0/100 of the grade. During the course, students must submit 12 pieces of work at a set deadline. Grading scheme: Approved/not approved.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
JO216U - Newsroom Tour: Allround Journalism - 15 credits
JOU1013 - Internal internship - 20 credits