Summary
- Duration
- Short Course: 10 weeks
- Fees
- Short Course: £800
For information about the course contact:
Tel: +44 (0)121 331 7279
Email: media@bcu.ac.uk
Overview
If you would like to adapt your existing skills in media production for a multiplatform environment, this is the course for you. You will be introduced to a range of web and mobile technologies for newsgathering, production and distribution, before exploring these in more depth through the creation of a live website. After this course you will be able to develop innovative approaches to telling stories and engaging users which you can apply to your own area of specialism.
But that’s not all … with this course you have the option of gaining master's level (M) credits which you can use to build you own tailored postgraduate qualification.
This course commences on 27 September 2010 and is run over 10 weeks, with additional supported online study.
Course Outline
Course Structure
Learning will be centred on the latest developments in online and mobile technologies and will involve sessions with leading figures from both the news industry and the new media sector. It will draw on your own experiences in the working environment and you will be able to direct a portion of your study to key issues relevant to your practice, in negotiation with the tutor and others. Generic themes will include:
- How to organise a new media newsroom;
- Computer aided and mobile reporting;
- Law and ethics as they apply to the web;
- Writing and producing for the web;
- Content management systems;
- Mapping;
- UGC; and
- Mashups
This course will be taught as a series of face-to face sessions spread over 10 weeks. During this time, you will explore a specific area of interest with a range of like-minded media professionals and input from academics and industry guest lecturers. You will also have the opportunity to develop your knowledge further with supported online study during which you will take part in a variety of online exercises, forums and projects. These activities can easily be fitted around your current professional work.
You will have the option of undertaking an assignment/project and on its successful completion will gain 20 Master's level credits. If you go on to participate in and pass more of our courses you can accrue credits towards a Postgraduate Certificate, a Postgraduate Diploma or a Master's.
Course Tutor
Your course will be delivered by Paul Bradshaw, publisher of the Online Journalism Blog and creator of the ‘Model for a 21st Century Newsroom.’ Paul is a freelance journalist and consultant with a distinguished career in publishing. He has contributed to a number of successful books about the internet and journalism, and is currently writing a book on online journalism.
His work has been translated around the world, resulting in invitations to speak in the US, Australia, Norway, the Netherlands, Austria, Brazil and Ukraine. He has been described as "One of the UK's most influential journalism bloggers" by Press Gazette; "A very shrewd commentator" by the BBC's Head of Newsroom; and "the UK's Jeff Jarvis" by the Telegraph's Shane Richmond.
More recently Paul organised the sellout JEEcamp – an unconference for journalism experimenters - and has won funding from Channel 4 and Screen West Midlands to create ‘Help Me Investigate’ - a collaborative platform for investigative journalism.
This course commences on 27 September 2010 and is run over 10 weeks, with additional supported online study. You will have access to a Virtual Learning Environment and social networking software enabling team working, peer support and mentoring from industry professionals. The course is delivered at Birmingham City University, at the City North Campus.
Entry Requirements & Applications
Entry Requirements
This course is open to media professionals with an undergraduate degree and the required work experience in a relevant industry (normally a minimum of two years); and to non-graduates with significant and relevant work experience (normally ten years) who can demonstrate an ability to both complete and benefit from the course. Please contact us if you have queries about your eligibility.
Application Details
Applications for short courses can be made electronically or by post/fax.
Enquiries
Prospective students from the UK or EU may enquire online by using the Course Enquiry Form or call +44 (0)121 331 5595.
Prospective students from non-EU countries may enquire via the International Enquiry Form or call +44 (0)121 331 6714.
Further Information
For information about the course contact the School of Media:
Tel: +44 (0)121 331 7279
Email: media@bcu.ac.uk