What is good investigative journalism?
What makes good writing?
How do journalists communicate ideas effectively?
What makes something newsworthy?
These are some of the questions we will ask as we develop our skills as readers and writers. As budding journalists, students will become familiar with a whole range of news mediums such as print, electronic, and web based news. They will develop interview techniques and research skills to produce articles for different purposes and audiences.
If you are interested in what’s going on in the world around you, and would like to deepen your understanding of current affairs, then this elective may interest you.
Students undertaking this elective should have an interest in reading and writing.
This elective is relevant to students thinking of studying Literature and will assist students moving into VCE English.