RCI-27701 · Journalism

Journalism — Educator / Community Leader Mastery Skill Builder · Self-Paced

Read and create factual, engaging journalism with attention to accuracy and audience. This version is designed for adults supporting readers at mastery level through independent digital learning.

Educator / Community LeaderMasterySelf-PacedSkill Builder9 learning hours
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What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure news values with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Develop increasingly independent interviewing with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Develop applied structure with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Develop confident fact checking with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Apply Journalism skills through structured practice 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 Mastery 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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