What you should be able to do
- Develop secure news values with clear guided foundations.
- Develop increasingly independent interviewing with clear guided foundations.
- Develop applied structure with clear guided foundations.
- Develop confident fact checking with clear guided foundations.
- Apply Journalism skills through structured practice appropriate to 18+.
- Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.
Course journey
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to 18+.
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to 18+.
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to 18+.
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to 18+.
How learning is evidenced
Practice evidence
Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.
Completion task
A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.
Who this pathway is for
This pathway is designed for Adult learners (18+) who want to develop news values, interviewing, structure, fact checking at Foundation level.
Progression
After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Journalism, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.