RCI-27648 · Journalism

Journalism — Educator / Community Leader Developing Applied Project · Live Group

Read and create factual, engaging journalism with attention to accuracy and audience. This version is designed for adults supporting readers at developing level through interactive small-group learning.

Educator / Community LeaderDevelopingLive GroupApplied Project9 learning hours
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What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure news values with increasing independence.
  • Develop increasingly independent interviewing with increasing independence.
  • Develop applied structure with increasing independence.
  • Develop confident fact checking with increasing independence.
  • Apply Journalism skills through real-world application appropriate to adults supporting readers.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Find the StoryFocus: news values

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

Unit 2 · Ask Better QuestionsFocus: interviewing

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

Unit 3 · Write the ReportFocus: structure

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

Unit 4 · Check the FactsFocus: fact checking

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

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 Educator / Community Leader learners (adults supporting readers) who want to develop news values, interviewing, structure, fact checking at Developing 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.

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