Broadcast Journalist
If you dream of reading the news on TV or reporting live from the scene of a breaking news story for Newsbeat, then the broadcast journalism course at Up To Speed is for you.
As with all the journalism courses at Up To Speed, you will concentrate on the core subjects of Law, Public Affairs, Reporting and Shorthand in the first half of the course. The second half of the course places a much greater emphasis on practical journalism with a mixture of assignments at Up To Speed and on journalism work placements we help you to secure.
Term One
An intensive 12-week term at our training centre in the Daily Echo, Bournemouth.
You will learn how to write news, how to take notes in shorthand and study the Media Law and Politics you need to be an all-round journalist.
At the end of this term you will take the following NCTJ exams:
Reporting
Shorthand
Essential Public Affairs For Journalists
Essential Law For Journalists
Classroom time: Monday to Thursday 10-6pm
Term Two
With the first set of exams under your belt, you can really concentrate on broadcasting. It will be fun, but also demanding!
In the second term you put the lessons you have learned into practice while continuing to study for further NCTJ exams and assessments.
During this term your time will be divided as follows:
Four weeks: court reporting in which you will cover cases at Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court. Daily reports will be written up in a File of Court Copy and Assessment. You will be expected to record pieces to camera outside court and also radio voicers.
Four weeks: video journalism in which you will shoot and edit video stories for four days a week. You will be trained to shoot video and edit on Final Cut and Adobe Premiere software and also taught how to record radio interviews, both in the studio and on location, and how to make radio packages and podcasts.
Four weeks: work placement arranged by you with help and guidance from Up To Speed’s tutors. We will start helping you to secure a placement as soon as you have accepted an offer and paid your deposit. NB You need to plan several months ahead for journalism work placements as competition for them is intense. Stories published on placement will go into your Multi-Media Portfolio.
At the end of the second term you will take the following NCTJ exams and assessments:
Broadcast Journalism exam
Media Law court reporting exam
Multi-media Portfolio(coursework)
Further Shorthand exams up to 120 wpm.
The practical aspects of this term will be underpinned by continued teaching and supervision in broadcast journalism, court reporting, shorthand and writing.
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