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This module presents students with the opportunity to be assessed for final Masters qualification on a substantial Portfolio of published / publishable / broadcast-standard journalistic work - a requirement for accreditation for Masters by both main journalism accrediting bodies. Building on personal development planning briefings throughout the programme, including students' reports on progress in work experience, and with group and individual tutorial preparation towards the end of the Semester B Assessment Period, students will be encouraged to develop and draw on journalism practical specialisms or interests acquired during the Diploma part of the programme, and be instructed how to propose, present and submit articles / develop broadcast features or documentaries / magazine spreads / features / design, web pages , to achieve the best chance of getting work published or broadcast. The aim is to strive for published print artcles / pages wherever possible, although this is not a formal requirement; whereas winning TV or radio-documentary broadcast slots for independent freelance productions is logistically harder and not expected as a mater of course. Students will be guided individually on what might constitute the most-effective display of their journalistic talents and achievements in the final portfolio.
Given the multimedia nature of the programme award, students will normally be required to submit a Portfolio covering at least two media, one of them to be broadcast (radio or TV) or online, with min/max length/duration of content in each medium reduced broadly proportionate from the single medium limits indicated below, to their relative size; for example, a Project consisting of 22 mins' radio news reports and/or radio news presentation (i.e. half the minimum amount of radio material), plus 7,000 words of print journalism (i.e. half the maximum amount of print journalism)
General indicative guidance on the recommended minimum and maximum size and length of the Portfolio element, expressed in

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