Unit Overview

ALJ301 Multi-Media Journalism focuses on journalism from the perspective of multi-media rather than the traditional linear form.

This unit is highly relevant for journalism students because of the way the media is changing.

The purpose of this unit is to:

• introduce new forms of journalism: what is being called ‘now’ media rather than new media;
• give students the chance to become publishers via blogs;
• encourage students to think multi-media rather than linear in terms of storytelling;
• and expose students to new ideas in the world of journalism.

On completion of this unit, I should be able to:

• produce content for a blog;
• understand how and why the media worldwide are changing;
• appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of each of the four main ideas and publishing forms – print, broadcast, online and mobile;
• and have some sense of where journalism is heading.