Finding information in interaction

The graduate outcomes have been identified by the industry as the key attributes required in practising journalists. As these key skills, knowledge and understanding are pivotal for the graduate journalist, they will be taught and assessed throughout the undergraduate course. Refer back to these outcomes throughout your years of study to gain an overall picture of the desired learning outcomes of journalism at QUT.

By the end of your studies, you will have:

Developed 'News Sense'

Understanding of local, national and global issues and contexts

URL/Call Number	Title and description
364.973 82	Roberts, A. R. (c2003), Critical issues in crime and justice, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, Calif..
079.4 4	Kevin, D. (2003), Europe in the media: a comparison of reporting, representation, and rhetoric in national media systems in Europe, L. Erlbaum Associates: London.
070.43 96 /2	Randall, D. (2000) The universal journalist, Pluto Press: London.
070.172 34 /4	Keeble, R. (2005) The newspapers handbook, Routledge: London.
071.3 37	Cappella, J. N. and Jamieson, K. H. (1997), Spiral of cynicism: the press and the public good, Oxford University Press: New York.

Ability to recognise newsworthy, relevant material

URL/Call Number	Title and description
070.4 66	Harcup, T. (2004) Journalism: principles and practice, Sage Pubns Inc.
070.44 9	Harrington, W. (1997) Intimate journalism: the art and craft of reporting everyday life, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, Calif.

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Substantial knowledge of the world pertinent to journalism

URL/Call Number	Title and description
302.23 584	Craig, G. (January 2004), The media, politics and public life, Allen & Unwin: Crows Nest, NSW.
070.44932 4	Cottle, S. (2003), News, public relations and power, Sage Publications: London.

An ability to define the scope of issues and evaluate information sources

Investigation

URL/Call Number	Title and description
025.060704 4	Hall, J. (2001), Online journalism: a critical primer, Pluto Press: London.
070.43 82	DeFleur, M. H. (1997), Computer-assisted investigative reporting: development and methodology, L. Erlbaum: Mahwah, N.J..
070.43 90	Palmer, J. (2000) Spinning into control: news values and source strategies, Leicester University Press: London.
http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/	Investigative Reporters and Editors - many of these resources are free.

Research

URL/Call Number	Title and description
025.04 478	Sherman, C. and Price, G. (c2001), The Invisible Web: uncovering information sources search engines can't see, CyberAge Books: Medford, N.J.
070.4072 2	Iorio, S. H. (2004) Qualitative research in journalism : taking it to the streets, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah, NJ.
http://karn.ohiolink.edu/~sg-ysu/process.html	Steps in the Research and Writing Process - approaching the process of research as a series of steps will make it feel less overwhelming.

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Critical analysis

URL/Call Number	Title and description
302.2 523	Silverblatt, A. (2004) International communications: a media literacy approach, M E Sharpe.
174.9097 47	Alia, V. (2004) Media ethics and social change, Edinburgh U.P.
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/	ABC television's Media Watch, presented by journalist, David Marr.

An understanding of news processes across a range of media

URL/Call Number	Title and description
621.382 226	Layng, J. M. and Rosner, T. (c2004), Media design: the practice of communication technologies, Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, N.J.
808 207	Marie-Laure Ryan (ed), (2004), Narrative across media, U of Nebraska Pr.
808.22 15	Hilliard, R. L. (2004) Writing for television, radio, and new media, Thomson/Wadsworth: Belmont, CA.

An ability to communicate confidently within tight deadlines across a range of forms

Deadlines

URL/Call Number	Title and description
808.06607 40	Rogers, T. (2004) Newswriting on deadline, Pearson: Boston, Mass.
http://www.ablongman.com /rogers1e/	Website [accompanies Rogers, T. (2004) Newswriting on deadline, Pearson: Boston, Mass.
http://www.copydesk.org/words /writingclearly.htm	Writing Clearly on Deadline from American Copy Editors Society website.
http://www.concernedjournalists.org/ node/199	Managing your time - an excellent collection of ideas and strategies for making your time more productive.
http://www.concernedjournalists.org/ node/197	Juggling Daily News with Enterprise

Written

URL/Call Number	Title and description
http://www.powa.org/	Paradigm online writing assistant - an interactive, online writer's guide and handbook distributed freely over the Web with extensive information on discovering, organizing, revising, editing your writing.
http://karn.ohiolink.edu/~sg-ysu/process.html	Steps in the Research and Writing Process - prepared by the Ohio Library and Information Network.
http://karn.ohiolink.edu/~sg-ysu/writehb.html	Writing Handbook includes writing, editing and documentation instruction.

Oral

URL/Call Number	Title and description
http://names.voa.gov/	Voice of America Pronunciation Guide
http://www.radiosite.ca/training /articles/voicingthenewscast.html	Voicing the Newscast

Visual

URL/Call Number	Title and description
770.1 69	Hughes, A., & Noble, A. (2003). Phototextualities: intersections of photography and narrative (1st ed), University of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, NM.
174.907 2	Wheeler, T. (2002). Phototruth or photofiction?: ethics and media imagery in the digital age, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: London.
070.430285 3	Harris, C. R. and Lester, P. M. (2002) Visual journalism: a guide for new media professionals, Allyn and Bacon: Boston.
778.907049 1 /4 (2000 ed),	Kobre, K. (2004) Photojournalism: the professional's approach, Focal Press: Boston.
http://www.macloo.com /journalism/media.htm	Online Media Types - Planning a story may be easier if you stop thinking about software and begin thinking about media.
http://www.copydesk.org /words/phototips.htm	Tips on the use of images - from editors and journalism professors.

An understanding of the roles and relationships between society, culture, media and journalists

URL/Call Number	Title and description
302.23 447 /2	Watson, J. (c2003), Media communication: an introduction to theory and process, Palgrave Macmillan: New York.
302.23019 3	Schwartz, L. L. (2000), Psychology and the media: a second look, American Psychological Association: Washington, D.C..
302.2340973 6 /4	Hiebert, R. E. (c1999), Impact of mass media: current issues, Longman: New York.
070.4 64	Stovall, J. G. (2004), Web journalism: practice and promise of a new medium, Allyn and Bacon: Boston, MA.
070.4493058 2	Cropp, F., Frisby, C. and Mills, D. (2003) Journalism across cultures, Iowa State Press: Ames, Iowa.

An understanding of the social and ethical responsibility of the journalist in society

Ethics in journalism

URL/Call Number	Title and description
070.430973 4	Anderson, B. (2004) Journalism, infortainment, and the bottom-line business of broadcast news, Jossey-Bass John Wiley & Sons.
343.940998 10 /2	Pearson, M. (March 2004), The journalist's guide to media law: dealing with legal and ethical issues, Allen & Unwin: Crows Nest, NSW.
174.9097 41	Sanders, K. (2003) Ethics & journalism, SAGE: London:.
175 21	Hendtlass, J. and Nichols, A. (2003), Media ethics: ethics, law & accountability in the Australian media: with case studies for classes and groups, Acorn Press: Brunswick East, Vic..

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Social Responsibility in journalism

URL/Call Number	Title and description
070.4493058 2	Cropp, F., Frisby, C. and Mills, D. (c2003), Journalism across cultures, Iowa State Press: Ames, Iowa.
http://www.reportage.uts.edu.au /stories/social/index.html	Reportage online - social - Socially relevant stories in Australian Centre for Independent Journalism's online magazine, assisted by student journalists at University of Technology, Sydney.

The ability to contribute to a changing media landscape through:

Self-management

URL/Call Number	Title and description
155.283 11	Quenk, N. L. (2000), Essentials of Myers-Briggs type indicator assessment, J. Wiley: New York.
155.264 25	Myers, I. B. and Myers, P. B. (c1995), Gifts differing: understanding personality type, Davies-Black: Palo Alto, Calif.
155.26 9 /2.0	Berens, L. V. (c2000) Understanding yourself and others: an introduction to temperament, Telos Publications: Huntingdon Beach, CA.
155.264 22	Palmer, H. (1991), The enneagram: understanding yourself and the others in your life, Harper: SanFrancisco.
158.1 198 /D	Covey, S. R. (1990, c1989), The seven habits of highly effective people: restoring the character ethic, Simon & Schuster: Sydney.

Flexibility and independence

URL/Call Number	Title and description
152.4 141	Goleman, D. (1996), Emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ, Bloomsbury: London.
152.4076 1 /R (GP)	Lynn, A. B. (2002) The emotional intelligence activity book: 50 activities for developing EQ at work, AMACOM: New York.
158.1 355	Epstein, S. (1998), Constructive thinking: the key to emotional intelligence, Praeger: Westport, Conn.
158.7 357	Turniansky, B. and Hare, A. P. (1998), Individuals and groups in organizations, Sage Publications: London.

Collaboration and teamwork

URL/Call Number	Title and description
378.176 4 (GP)	Gibbs, G., Oxford Centre for Staff Development. and Oxford Brookes University. (1994) Learning in teams: a student manual, The Oxford Centre for Staff Development: Oxford.
658.402 187	Belbin, R. M. (1996). How to build successful teams the Belbin way. Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford.
158.5 18 /2B	Fisher, R., Ury, W. and Patton, B. (1987) Getting to yes: negotiating agreement without giving in, Arrow-Books: London.
302.34 4 /8A	Johnson, D. W. and Johnson, F. P. (2003), Joining together: group theory and group skills, Allyn and Bacon: Boston.
302.2 495	Guilar, J. (c2001), The interpersonal communication skills workshop: listening, assertiveness, conflict resolution, collaboration, a trainer's guide, AMACOM: New York.
302.14 63	Schoem, D. L. and Hurtado, S. (c2001), Intergroup dialogue: deliberative democracy in school, college, community, and workplace, University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor.
347.98 TILL	Tillett, G. (1999), Resolving conflict: a practical approach, Oxford University Press: Melbourne.

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Understanding of indigenous and cultural perspectives

URL/Call Number	Title and description
305.80994 43	Kramer, L. (January 2004), The multicultural experiment: immigrants, refugees and national identity, Macleay Press: Paddington, NSW.
364.374 1	Hendin, J. (2004), Heartbreakers: women and violence in contemporary culture and literature, Palgrave Macmillan: New York.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library /pubs/rn/2003-04/04rn05.pdf	(2003), ATSIC review: complex challenges, no simple solutions.

Lifelong learning, current alerts, blogs, RSS feeds etc

URL/Call Number	Title and description
370.1523 252 /2	Jarvis, P., J. Holford, et al. (2003), . The theory & practice of learning, Kogan Page: London.
374 395	Dilworth, R. L. and V. J. Willis (2003), . Action learning: images and pathways, Krieger Pub: Malabar, Fla.
374 258	Gorard, S. and G. Rees (2002), . Creating a learning society?: learning careers and policies for lifelong learning, Policy: Bristol.
http://journoz.com/weblog/	Journoz - Updates for Australian journalists by Belinda Weaver (of OzGuide)
http://www.smh.com.au/news /opinion/webdiary/index.html	Web Diary - Margot Kingston's (journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald) blog
http://www.cyberjournalist.net /cyberjournalists.php	Blog list from the CyberJournalist List
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica /1043362624.php	News That Comes to You - An article explaining RSS feeds
http://www.newsisfree.com/	NewsIsFree - collects headlines from 8760 sources and lets you search, browse & customise them (RSS feeds)

Critical thinking

URL/Call Number	Title and description
303.4833 198	Hassan, R. (2004) Media, politics and the network society, Open University Press.
174.9097 44	Rosenstiel, T. and Mitchell, A. (c2003), Thinking clearly: cases in journalistic decision-making, Columbia University Press: New York.
306.44 185	Alterman, E. (2003) What liberal media?: the truth about bias and the news, Basic Books: New York.

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Creativity and innovation

URL/Call Number	Title and description
658.4063 176	DeGraff, J. and Lawrence, K. A. (2002) Creativity at work: developing the right practices to make innovation happen, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco.
153.35 178	Gonzalez, D. (2002) When we peek behind the curtain: highlighting the essence of creativity methodologies: creative problem solving (CPS), Edward de Bono, mind mapping, synectics, TRIZ, THinc Communications: Evanston, Ill.
153.4 176 /2	Buzan, T. and Buzan, B. (2003) The mind map book, BBC: London.
143.14 8 /2	Svantesson, I. (1998) Learning maps and memory skills: powerful techniques to help you make better use of your brain, Kogan Page: London.
http://www.freep.com/jobspage /academy/stepp.htm	A dash of journalistic inspiration - on creativity in journalism

An ability to use the key elements of journalistic production

Spelling and grammar

URL/Call Number	Title and description
808.06607 35	News Limited. (2001) Style: a guide for metropolitan regional and suburban journalists, News Limited: Sydney.
070.41 30 /2	Smith, R. F., O'Connell, L. M. and Gibson, M. L. (2003), Editing today, Iowa State Press: Ames, Iowa.
428.2024097 2	Kessler, L. and McDonald, D. (c1996), When words collide: a media writers guide to grammar and style, Wadworth: Belmont.
808.066302 1 /2	Hutchison, E. R. (c1996), Writing for mass communication, Longman Publishers: White Plains, N.Y.
808.06607 36	Attkisson, S. and Vaughan, D. R. (c2003), Writing right for broadcast and internet news, Allyn and Bacon: London.

Interviewing

URL/Call Number	Title and description
070.43 89	Sedorkin, G. and McGregor, J. (2002), Interviewing: a guide for journalists and writers, Allen & Unwin: Crows Nest, N.S.W.
070.43 94	Clayman, S. and Heritage, J. (2002), The news interview: journalists and public figures on the air, Cambridge University Press: New York.
070.43 95	Adams, S. and Hicks, W. (2001), Interviewing for journalists, Routledge: New York.
070.43 92 (video)	Hinders, J., Lorentz, M. and Great Plains National Instructional Television Library. (1993) Interviewing, you won't know if you don't ask, GPN: Lincoln, NE.
http://www.freep.com/jobspage /academy/psych.htm	Getting the measure of a soul on deadline - Interviewing tips from a psychologist.
http://www.poynter.org/content /content_view.asp?id=60848	The art of asking questions - written by a range television & sports reporters.
http://karn.ohiolink.edu/~sg-ysu /writehb.html	Writing handbook - quality instructional Web site.

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Note taking

URL/Call Number	Title and description
371.30281 64 (video)	Pemberton, J., Shortal, J. and Image Link. (1996), Making effective notes, Video Education Australasia: Bendigo, Vic.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/dll/studyskills /note_taking_appendix_b.htm	Note taking skills - a mind map of note taking skills
http://www.jaycross.com/jayhoo /mindmaps.htm	Mind Mapping Notes - a visual way to make notes, rather than take notes.
http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl /notetaking.systems.html	Note taking systems describes a 5 different approaches to note taking.
http://modena.intergate.ca/personal /gslj/ideamap.html#Index	Idea Maps - visual note taking.

Information and communication technologies

URL/Call Number	Title and description
070.4 3	Alysen, B., Patching, R., Oakham, K. M. and Sedorkin, G. (2003), Reporting in a multimedia world, Allen & Unwin: Crows Nest, N.S.W.
070.40285 6	Herbert, J. (2000), Journalism in the digital age: theory and practice for broadcast, print and on-line media, Focal Press, Oxford: Boston:.
070.4 64	Stovall, J. G. (2004), Web journalism: practice and promise of a new medium, Allyn and Bacon: Boston, MA.
http://www.ninch.org/guide.pdf	NINCH Guide to good practice in the digital representation and management of cultural heritage materials

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