For this assessment, you are required to pitch your ideas for the feature stories you are required to write this term (Assessment Items 2 and 3). You will identify target publications and associated audiences, justify your story ideas in relation to current public discourse (why are they interesting to an audience, and why now?), and present evidence of planning. The two feature stories are different, so your proposal should deal with each feature article separately. 

More specific detail about task details will be available on Moodle > Assessment Item 1 Info and Upload.

A marking rubric will be available on the course website, but the criteria against which your proposal will be assessed are:

1. News value or interest of this subject is clearly established and appropriate
2. Relationship to current public discourse is clearly established and well-considered
3. Target publication and audience is identified
4. Aim of the article and what it seeks to achieve in audience response is clear
5. Evidence of future planning is evident

Submit all assignments via the course Moodle site.

This assessment requires you to write a human interest-based personal profile on someone whose work is of current interest.  This feature article will require you to complete personal interviews with the main subject of the feature, as well as interviews of family/friends/work colleagues/peers. 

You will be required to support this feature with a short outline of the intended publication, target audience, and discussion as to why this feature is interesting to that audience. 

You will also need to submit your interview notes (or transcript) with your feature article. 

More specific detail about task details will be available on Moodle > Assessment Item 2 Info and Upload.

A marking rubric will be available on the course website, but the criteria upon which this profile will be assessed are: 

1. Interest
2. Interviews
3. Writing
4. Referencing

This assessment requires you to write an issue-based feature on a topic of current interest. The Course Coordinator will define a series of themes from which you will be able to establish your topic on the course website.

This feature article will require you to complete personal interviews with three to five sources, and conduct primary and secondary research in support of your interviews. 

You will be required to support this feature with a short outline of the intended publication, target audience, discussion as to why this feature is interesting to that audience, and a short justification of why your approach to writing and style is appropriate. 

More specific detail about task details will be available on Moodle > Assessment Item 3 Info and Upload.

A marking rubric will be available on the course website, but the criteria upon which this profile will be assessed are: 

1. Interest
2. Interviews
3. Research
4. Writing
5. Referencing