An overview of relevant legal terminology and the operation of the legal system. The emphasis is upon the laws affecting journalists, including libel and contempt, reporting restrictions, and copyright. Students are expected to gain an understanding of court procedure and to visit the courts on at least three occasions. Press, Power and the People Introduction to the development of the press in the nineteenth century, looking specifically at the changing relationships between the press, its readership and the regulators. Reporting a Century Technological change in the 20 th century and its effect on the journalist is explored in this unit.
Attention is paid to how journalism has been used both the maintain and contest the status quo.
This is a wholly practical unit in which students work on the preparation of tabloid, broadsheet and A4 magazine formats. Introduction to the basics of print production techniques including design, layout and sub-editing skills. Radio News Production Students are taught, in a well-equipped broadcast newsroom, the essential practical skills involved in the production of news for radio. This unit enables students to gather and assess information from a variety of sources through applied investigative techniques, and introduces students to the problems associated with the collection of data and ethics. News Evaluation Media theories, their origins and relationship to practice, are examined through the use of relevant examples.