AUT - Graduate Diploma in Pacific Journalism
Graduate Diploma in Pacific Journalism
Programme Code: AK1309
Level: 7
Points: 120
Duration: One year full time
Venue: City Campus
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Guidelines to entry
- A written test in English and comprehension
- Interview may be required
The Graduate Diploma in Pacific Journalism addresses the shortage of Pasifika journalists in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It is suitable for people wishing to enter the media industry from another career or those already in the industry desiring a qualification. It will also appeal to students from the Pacific region as well as those in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The programme is enriched by Pasifika and Māori and other media elective papers.
Specifically, the programme encourages and requires students to:
- Develop practical and critical news reporting skills for print, broadcast, narrowcast and digital media from Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region
- Develop an analytical grounding in media law and ethics across varied cultural and news values genres.
- Develop digital media storytelling expertise in a crosscultural context.
- Analyse and comment on the role of the Pasifika media industry and the treatment of Pasifika, Māori and diversity issues in the mainstream media.
- Analyse and comment on Pasifika political, social, economic, business, literature and cultural issues and other issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Develop a critical awareness of the demands of the local and wider publishing and broadcasting industry in a Pasifika context.
- Complete media attachments and a practical newsroom internship experience, either in a Pasifika or mainstream news media organisation.
- Recognise and encourage bilingual or multilingual interviewing skills.
WHAT THIS PROGRAMME COVERS
Students take core papers within the Bachelor of Communication Studies in Journalism, which provide the necessary skills to prepare the student for professional journalism work. In addition, they take Pasifika media papers and are able to choose other electives that reflect particular interests in the Asia-Pacific region. The core papers include a media industry internship and study of a Pacific language.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Graduates are able to enter a wide range of journalism and media-related careers in both mainstream and Pasifika contexts.
PAPERS
CORE PAPERS
147799 News Reporting (15)
147824 Pacific Newsroom Practicum (15)
147825 Reporting the Pacific Region (15)
147826 Maori and Pasifika Media Industry (15)
147830 Journalism Law and Ethics (15)
916106 Te Pihinga I* (15)
AND ONE OF:
147732 Editing and Design (15)
147789 Radio Journalism (15)
SELECT ONE
146735 Visual Communication (15)
146743 Video Production (15)
146745 Studio Production (15)
147753 New Media Journalism (15)
147831 Public Affairs Reporting (15)
147791 Television Journalism (15)
286105 Cultures and Societies (15)
287201 Asian and Pacific Issues (15)
916603 Te Matatiki II: Multimedia II** (15)
916304 Te Tiriti O Waitangi: Social and Political History (15)
or any other media paper at level 6 or above with the approval of the prorgamme leader.
* A substitute language paper may be approved
** Enrolment in this paper is subject to meeting pre-requisite requirements.