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School: Arts and Humanities

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  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Radio Newsroom

  • Unit Code

    JBM2605

  • Year

    2026

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Steinar ELLINGSEN

Description

Introduction to Radio Newsroom is a fast-paced, collaborative unit that replicates working in a radio newsroom. From navigating the practicalities of sourcing, writing, interviewing and presenting radio news stories to working as the news team for ECU Radio City, a radio station broadcasting within the City Campus, students will get to experience working in a radio newsroom in a supported environment. As journalists and newsreaders, students will work to deadlines and create bulletins to be broadcast live on campus.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Source, research and write news stories for integration in radio bulletins.
  2. Collaborate with peers to find and assess the newsworthiness of stories, producing live radio news materials.
  3. Investigate and explain digital and online media issues and trends in relation to communications principles, including inclusivity.
  4. Create a personal profile to enhance professional networking and career transitions.

Unit Content

  1. Source, research and write radio news content.
  2. Use professional broadcasting software and equipment to read bulletins "live".
  3. Collaboratively assess newsworthiness of content for inclusion in radio news.
  4. Respectful and effective collaboration techniques.
  5. How to communicate your professional profile digitally, resume writing and job interview skills.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

City CampusJoondalupSouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 11 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 16 x 4 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

WIL - Simulated work environment

Students are provided with opportunities to use equipment or practice that is standard in industry.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioSample of professional materials, including stories for radio, bulletin reading, professional resume, LinkedIn profile and evidence of job interviewing practice40%
ExerciseCollaborative sourcing, pitching, and production of radio news and online content40%
Reflective PracticeReflection exercises, including story justifications, connections between readings and practice, collaboration skills, career readiness 20%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

  • Plagiarism: Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
  • Unauthorised collaboration (collusion): Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
  • Contract cheating: Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
  • Cheating in an exam: Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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