LT241-5-AU-CO:
Feature Writing and Magazine Journalism
2024/25
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 13 December 2024
15
11 April 2024
Requisites for this module
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BA P500 Multimedia Journalism,
BA P501 Multimedia Journalism (Including Year Abroad),
BA P503 Multimedia Journalism (Including Placement Year)
In this module you will learn to write feature articles for print and online. Building on core reporting and writing skills from your first year, you will learn to incorporate storytelling and argumentation to produce compelling articles in the form of long-form features, profiles, reviews, travel pieces, explanatory, and investigative pieces. The module will help you hone your writing skills.
ThIs module will help you develop the skills needed for different types of long-form journalism. You will learn to write features, including profiles, reviews, travel pieces, explanatory, opinion, and investigative pieces.
The aim of this module is:
- To help you make the transition from being a good reporter with basic news writing skills to becoming a fully-fledged journalist with a fully-developed writing repertoire.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Plan, research, write, and present features in a variety of formats across a range of media.
- Write long-form articles with more confidence and flair.
- Research your features, using interviews, documents, and data.
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour session each week comprising a lecture and a 1-hour workshop.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
800-word Opinion Piece |
|
40% |
| Coursework |
1200-word Feature |
|
60% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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Travel costs for approved work placements and live projects for this module may be covered wholly or partly at the discretion of the department. Please check with your module supervisor for details.
Prof Jairo Alfonso Lugo-Ocando
College of Communication, University of Sharjah, UAE
Dean and Professor of Journalism
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
* Please note: due to differing publication schedules, items marked with an asterisk (*) base their information upon the previous academic year.
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