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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
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Module Title Radio Documentary Journalism
Module Code CM335
School School of Communications
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Module Co-ordinatorSemester 1: Patrick Kinsella
Semester 2: Patrick Kinsella
Autumn: Patrick Kinsella
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 10
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
This module builds on previously acquired radio production skills, to survey different approaches to long-form journalism in radio with particular attention to the documentary, and to apply the principles observed in supervised project work.

Learning Outcomes
1. Identify topics of public interest likely to yield engaging stories for radio audiences
2. Engage in deep research to uncover new and revealing information about complex and sensitive humanexperience
3. Conduct interviews on complex and potentially distressing topics with a high degree of sensitivity
4. Operate studios, portable audio equipment and editing equipment to a high professional standard,demonstrating competence in the construction of absorbing stories in sound
5. Display creativity in the acquisition of appropriate sounds and the construction of absorbing audio narratives
6. Exercise mature judgement in applying appropriate legal, ethical and moral standards in editing andscripting
7. Critcally assess their own work, demonstrating awareness of the social and personal impact of their stories



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Seminars22Discussion of principles, examples and student work
Independent learning time36Directed reading and listening
Assignment192Research, interviewing, editing, scripting of weekly and end of term assignments
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Audience and author.
Programme types.

Documentary ingredients.
Structure and pace.

Story types.
Interview strategy.

Narration or Not?.
Using music and other effects.

Ethics and standards.
Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
PresentationPresentation or written report on weekly assigned listening. Completion of all assignments is obligatory.20%Every Second Week
Practical/skills evaluationTechnical assignments in sound gathering, interviewing, studio narration and editing, and preparatory or progress reports on production of main project. Completion of all assignments is obligatory.20%Every Second Week
ProjectA 42-minute radio documentary, with critical analysis project report 60%. Completion of all assignments is obligatory.60%Sem 2 End
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List
  • Vladimir Mayakovsky. Translated from the Russian by G. M. Hyde: 0, How are verses made?, 978-0224618960
  • Michael Rabiger: 0, Directing the documentary, 0-24-080608-5
  • Kurt Vonnegut; edited by Daniel Simon: 2007, A man without a country, Random House Trade Paperbacks, New York, 9780812977363
  • Gantner & Gantner: 0, Sound in the Story, Poynter Institute,
  • Sally Adams; with Wynford Hicks: 0, Interviewing for journalists, 0-415-47774-3
  • John Biewen, editor; Alexa Dilworth, coeditor: 0, Reality radio, 0807871028
  • edited by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call: 2007, Telling true stories, Plume, New York, 978-0452287556
Other Resources
None
This previously dormant module already has a code: CM335
Programme or List of Programmes
JRBA in Journalism
Timetable this semester: Timetable for CM335
Date of Last Revision27-JAN-09
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