Journal article
Training political reporters during a federal election: The UniPollWatch student journalism project
Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, Vol.18(4), 6
2021
Abstract
UniPollWatch was the largest student journalism project ever undertaken in Australia. Approximately 1000 students from 28 universities worked to cover the 2016 federal election. The project aimed to provide effective training on political reporting in a work-integrated learning environment. Utilising a combination of analysis and descriptions of the project and a survey research methodology, the results of this project suggest that by placing student reporters in the midst of a fluid and highly contested election environment they learn by observing and doing. The project demonstrated that students’ attitudes to, and aptitude for, covering politics varied greatly, but that the skills needed for political reporting can be improved through projects such as UniPollWatch.
Details
- Title
- Training political reporters during a federal election: The UniPollWatch student journalism project
- Authors
- Andrew Dodd (Author) - The University of MelbournePeter English (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, QueenslandJohan Lidberg (Author) - Monash UniversityMaxine Newlands (Author) - James Cook University
- Publication details
- Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, Vol.18(4), 6
- Publisher
- University of Wollongong
- Date published
- 2021
- DOI
- 10.14453/jutlp.v18i4.6
- ISSN
- 1449-9789
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2021 Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice. Reproduced here in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99571606602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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