Assessment for Journalism in Context
There are four pieces of assessment for this unit of sudy:
1. Portfolio (30%)
2. Media conference assessment (10%)
3. Short news story (20%)
4. Feature Story (40%)
Assessment Task Details:
| Assessment Task | Individual/ Group Task | Weighting | Due Date |
| Portfolio | Individual | 30% | Monday May 16 |
| Media Conference | Individual | 10% | Monday April 18 |
| Short news story | Individual | 20% | Monday April 18 |
| Feature Story | Individual | 40% | Friday May 27 |
Portfolio:
Students will be required to be present in class to complete the assessment.
The portfolio will consist of:
(a) All required blog responses to class set readings with comments
(b) Your three best writing exercises completed in class
Media conference exercise
Students must write a hard news story according to information given to them via short press release and 15 minute media conference. Students will be given the opportunity to ask questions as in a real media conference and will have the duration of the tutorial to write a hard news story.
News story:
Students will find, research and write a hard or soft news story of no more than 500 words for publication.
This is a news story based on your own original research. You must find a story, research it, complete at least two interviews (more if needed) and write the piece.
This story will be published.
Feature Story:
The largest piece of assessment is an extended feature piece of 1500 words
This story will be published.
**Please note handouts with further instructions will be given in class**