Week 12: The Finale

This is the last week of blog activities, with that comes time to reflect. In these past months I have learned so much and improved as a writer. This course has given me so many tips and lessons which will help my journey into the world of journalism. Media Writing has retaught me many lessons …

Week 11: Rewritten Story

A woman has been injured after getting stuck under a train at the Brisbane railway station. On Wednesday at 12pm a woman assumed to be in her 30’s has been entrapped under a train at the Eagle Junction railway station. Emergency services attempted to free the woman from her position. Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman has …

Week 11: Article Analysis

For this week’s task it was asked that we review a story by the Courier Mail, on a woman’s attempted suicide. This article suffered from numerous communication issues, which ultimately hindered the articles readability and reliability. The first issue which was found was the constant repetition. The writer said “under a train” three times within …

Week 10: Photo story

PThis week’s task required me upload 10 images and use captions to create a photo story. At first I was completely baffled as to how I would address this task. As someone who does not own many pictures I didn’t have much material to base my story on. To combat this issue I read the …

Week 10: Headlines, read all about it!

This week we were asked to review our week 8 story and create an effective title for the article. Alternative 1: Brawl at FakeComicCon leaves two in critical condition This title summarises the focus of the article, allowing readers to know what to expect upon further reading. Not all details of the event are given …

Week 9: Newsletter Analysis

This newsletter focuses on one species of crocodile, the Gharial crocodile (Gavialis gangeticus). The primary focus of this writing is to give a basic introduction of this species. The newsletter covers various pieces of information to give the reader the basic gist of the Gavialis gangeticus. The demographic for this article appears to be set …

Week 8: Media Release

A fight broke out at FakeComicCon involving forty cosplayers, turning what started off as harmless fun into something far more violent. What began as a mock fight between two groups of cosplayers soon turned brutal. Twelve people have sustained injury with eight of them being taken to the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Two engaged in the …

Week 7: Visual Script

This week we were required to write a visual script for a past story. Here's the link for the original: https://aidanjcureton.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/how-do-teens-in-mackay-avoid-boredom/

Week 7: Chapter 11 review

One of the objectives for week seven’s lesson was to read chapter 11 of our textbook and document the key points observed within this segment (Whitaker, Ramsey & Smith 2016, pp. 229-246). It was also required that we find differences between writing for broadcast and print media. The primary key points of chapter 11 were: …

Quiz Reflections

Week 1: This was the first quiz which we had to complete for the term. I approached the questions with caution, as I had no clue what to expect. However to my surprise the first quiz was surprisingly easy and I attained full marks. I am happy with my result and look forwards to seeing …