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Qualification:  20 M-Level credits (can count towards a full MA or Postgraduate Certificate)
Delivery dates: 4^th, 5th, 25^th and 26^th November
Location: Aurora House Media Centre, Teesside University

This postgraduate course has been specifically designed for journalists and press officers who need to develop essential video production skills and an understanding of how to work effectively when producing online video news. It is being ran by the team who have delivered programmes to over 100 journalists from regional and national newspapers.

The course is being taught in two blocks of two-day workshops – a delivery method which enables the student to employ their new skills and understanding within their normal working environment during the course. Following the first set of workshops (4^th – 5^th November) the student is required to produce video content in their own working environment. On-line and telephone support is provided throughout this period. They will return to the University for a further two days of workshops on 25^th and 26^th November.

What you study:
This course focuses on the development of the technical skills you need as well as current practices in online video journalism and the opportunities it provides. While it will expand your knowledge and skills so you can produce effective stories in moving images, it will also explore its impact upon traditional journalistic practice.

How you learn and are assessed:
The workshops are practically focused, allowing you to continually discuss your work with tutors and your fellow professional delegates. While it is an intensive course, tutors and  specialist technicians are on hand to offer support throughout.

The course helps you develop the essential skills for on-line video journalism but you will also critically examine how they can be effectively deployed within your professional practice, both for your organisation and your readership.

You are required to produce a portfolio of work accompanied by critical examination of and proposals for the effective employment of on-line video in your professional practice.

Professional accreditation:
Teesside University is one of only 19 Skillset Media Academies in the UK. This 20 credit Masters level course is part of the innovative ‘Build Your Own MA’ project developed by Skillset for media professionals.

One-off highly subsidised price for North East based businesses:
The four day On-line Video Journalism course takes place in Teesside University’s Aurora House Media Centre on 4^th, 5th, 25^th and 26^th November. It is being subsidised by ECIF (Economic Challenge Investment Fund) funding and is therefore offered at an introductory price of £160.00 (usually £760.00) to North East based SME businesses, freelancers and sole traders. Please call for eligibility information.

Entry requirements:
This course is open to journalists and press officers with an undergraduate degree and significant professional experience, and to non-graduates with significant and relevant work experience who can demonstrate an ability to both complete and benefit from the course.
If you wish to apply for this course please contact Scott Watson to request an application form on 01642 738 527 or Email: samwfd@tees.ac.uk
For more information about the course itself, contact Course Leader Warren Harrison on: 01642 342 376 or Email: w.harrison@tees.ac.uk