Unit Summary

So here we are, the end of semester one and time has definitely flown by!

We have now been here fifteen weeks and in someways it feels like I'm still in my first lesson, but in reality I'm not. I have now dipped my toes into the many different fields of journalism.

First up was online with Simon, we learnt how to create a blog and edit content to post on it. If I'm honest I didn't really enjoy online, I'm grateful of the knowledge I have learnt from it as it will no doubt be useful in the coming years as everything moves towards the internet, but I have to say it is not my favorite past time.

Next came print with Steve, with these lessons came more knowledge on adapting images using Photoshop (for use in newspapers) as well as updating my knowledge on the program Indesign, having been a graphic design student for two years at college I was already quite familiar with these programs, but it was fun and interesting to learn even more about them and use them for my work.

After print we moved on to radio with Martin, this is what I had been eagerly waiting for since the day I received my acceptance letter. As I want to be a radio presenter when I leave uni this is the lesson that interested me the most. I loved learning all about vox pops and sound editing and I loved the time spent in the studio working on "finding my voice" and putting together a news program.

And finally came TV with Sean Walsh...I put his full name as the first thing I learnt in his lesson was to NOT FORGET HIS NAME. The thing I liked about Sean Walsh's lessons was the way he treated us as news editors in a news room as apposed to "students" he gave us our brief for the day, gave us the equipment (after making us fill out the ever so important health and safety forms which feel like they are ten pages long) and sent us out to capture footage before bringing it back to the TV studio and editing it into a package. We learnt all about P2C's (piece to cameras), B rolls and A rolls and what a rush is...we also learnt that in journalism time is everything.

• if you're five minutes early you're on time
• if you're on time you're late
• and if you're late, the you're locked out!

Over all I have really enjoyed this semester, I have enjoyed learning all about the different types of journalism and I am really looking forward to next semester when I can develop my skills further in my chosen fields.