Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies (Journalism pathway)

• News reporter for newscourses, magazines, television, radio or online media
• Data journalist
• Freelance journalist
• Specialist writer
• Production journalist
• Web editor
• Communications professional

You need to complete 120 points in total.

• JOUR803 Journalism Law and Ethics (15 points)
• JOUR807 News Reporting (30 points)
• JOUR808 Audio-Visual News Production (15 points)
• JOUR809 Newsroom Production (30 points)

• ADVT880 Understanding Brand Communication in a Culture of Promotion (15 points)
• ADVT881 Brand Communication Studio (15 points)
• ADVT883 Brand Stories (15 points)
• ADVT884 Not-for-profit Communication (15 points)
• ADVT885 Retail Engagement (15 points)
• ADVT886 Social Marketing (15 points)
• CIND801 Critiquing Creative Organisations (15 points)
• CIND802 The Creative Industries, Culture and the Market Place (15 points)
• COMM801 Popular Media and Contemporary Society (15 points)
• COMM802 Practice-Based Research Methods (15 points)
• COMM803 A Political Economy Approach to the Media (15 points)
• COMM804 Celebrity Culture: Media and the Social Organisation of Fame (15 points)
• COMM805 Cooperative Education (30 points)
• COMM806 Media Communication Reading Paper (15 points)
• COMM807 Media Communication Research Methods (15 points)
• COMM810 New Media and Society (15 points)
• COMM811 Project (30 points)
• COMM812 Selected Topics in Media Communication Practice (15 points)
• COMM814 Global Crises and the Media (15 points)
• COMM815 Mediated Political Talk (15 points)
• DIGM801 Online and Social Media Management (15 points)
• DIGM802 Digital Visual Communication (15 points)
• DIGM803 Interactive and Mobile Media (15 points)
• DIGM804 Moving Image (15 points)
• DIGM805 Web Media (15 points)
• DIGM806 Transnarrative (15 points)
• DIGM807 UI / UX Engagement (15 points)
• DIGM808 Digital Strategies (15 points)
• JOUR800 Magazine Journalism (15 points)
• JOUR801 Asia-Pacific Journalism Studies (15 points)
• JOUR802 Investigative and Agenda-Setting Journalism (15 points)
• JOUR804 Journalism Theory and Practice (15 points)
• JOUR805 News Editing and Design Workshop (15 points)
• JOUR806 Public Affairs Reporting Workshop (15 points)
• JOUR810 International Journalism Project (15 points) (More information)
• PUBL801 International Public Relations (15 points)
• PUBL802 Journalism and Media Relations (15 points)
• PUBL803 Strategic Public Relations (15 points)
• PUBL804 Public Relations Concepts and Critique (15 points)
• PUBL805 Public Relations Project (30 points)
• PUBL806 Global Communication Project (15 points)
• PUBL807 Health Communication (15 points)
• PUBL808 Advocacy and Activism (15 points)
• RADC801 Radio (15 points)
• TVSP801 Practical Screen Production (15 points)
• TVSP802 Advanced Non Fiction Screenwriting (15 points)
• TVSP804 Documentary Studies (15 points)
• TVSP805 Producing for the Screen (15 points)
• TVSP808 New Directions in Screen Production (15 points)
• TVSP809 New Zealand / Pacific Documentary Studies (15 points)
• TVSP810 Screen Project: Directing (15 points)
• TVSP811 Making Cinemas of Difference (15 points)

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