National Diploma in Journalism (Multi-media) (Level 5)
Course details
| NZQF Level | 5 |
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About the course
The National Diploma in Journalism (Multi-media) is the pre-workplace qualification for employment in professional journalism. Holders of this qualification are recognised by industry as having the newsroom entry level skills necessary to work in their chosen area of specialisation, which may be magazine, newspaper, radio, television, or internet.
The qualification is made up of compulsory standards, plus an elective section. The
compulsory standards are designed to recognise the broad range of skills required of the working journalist. The elective section is designed to give providers some flexibility in the programmes that they offer and to cater for the specialist knowledge required by each sector of the journalism industry.
Graduates are able to gather information and write news stories for publication and broadcast in accordance with the minimum standards for professional journalism and to meet the publishable standard. The range of topics for the stories includes: local government activities; court reporting; current events; Maoridom; and numerics and statistics. They have an understanding of media law and ethics and are able to produce photographs from news and internet assignments.
Other skills they may have selected from the elective section, depending on their specialisation, include: design and layout; writing about diversity; writing for broadcast on radio or television; feature writing; producing photographs and slide shows; and video packages or news story editing for posting on the internet.
This qualification is achieved off-job using simulated scenarios and is not part of a professional journalism course.
People achieving this qualification may go on to complete the National Diploma in Applied Journalism (Level 6) [Ref: 1485].
The qualification is made up of compulsory standards, plus an elective section. The
compulsory standards are designed to recognise the broad range of skills required of the working journalist. The elective section is designed to give providers some flexibility in the programmes that they offer and to cater for the specialist knowledge required by each sector of the journalism industry.
Graduates are able to gather information and write news stories for publication and broadcast in accordance with the minimum standards for professional journalism and to meet the publishable standard. The range of topics for the stories includes: local government activities; court reporting; current events; Maoridom; and numerics and statistics. They have an understanding of media law and ethics and are able to produce photographs from news and internet assignments.
Other skills they may have selected from the elective section, depending on their specialisation, include: design and layout; writing about diversity; writing for broadcast on radio or television; feature writing; producing photographs and slide shows; and video packages or news story editing for posting on the internet.
This qualification is achieved off-job using simulated scenarios and is not part of a professional journalism course.
People achieving this qualification may go on to complete the National Diploma in Applied Journalism (Level 6) [Ref: 1485].
About the provider
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.
We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.
We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.
We also have a specialised faculty in rural education at Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.