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Title – 6918 REGION: AUT rolls out new Pasifika media diploma
Date – 22 July 2010
Byline – Margo White
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – Pacific Media Centre Nius, 21/7/10
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JOURNALISM DIPLOMA, SPECIFICALLY FOR PASIFIKA
http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/2010/07/journalism-diploma-specifically-for.html
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre Nius/Pacific Media Watch):
A new one-year Graduate Diploma in Pacific Journalism is being offered
to match needs in New Zealand's increasingly diverse media environment
at AUT University's School of Communication Studies.
Next year is the inaugural year for AUT's new Pacific graduate diploma,
a programme spearheaded by Pacific Media Centre director Dr David
Robie.
The development of the course follows a global trend towards specialist
journalism courses and calls from the Auckland-based Pacific Islands
Media Association. There is an increasing demand for both more journalists
in the growing Pasifika media industry and highly-skilled cross-cultural journalists
for the mainstream, says Dr Robie.
This is a logical outcome of the demographic changes in New Zealand,
and particularly Auckland.
The diploma targets Pasifika people who wish to enter journalism from
another career, journalists and students from around the Pacific region
seeking a New Zealand qualification, and Pasifika people already in the
media wanting to upgrade their skills with a qualification.
Students will study papers within the Bachelor of Communication Studies
in Journalism, as well as value-added Pasifika media papers and other
electives that reflect particular interests in the Asia-Pacific region.
The core papers include a media industry internship and optional study
of a Pacific language.
Reporting boost
"This new course will be a boost for regional Pacific reporting and
will also contribute to a higher Pasifika community profile in the New
Zealand media," says Dr Robie. "We hope journalists on this programme
will push the boundaries of Pacific reporting in a challenging way."
Tagata Pasifika producer John Utanga says while many Pacific students
pass through communications programmes around the country, most do not
choose to major in journalism.
"In the current era there is so much more choice, but we know that
while some students do the journo component, not enough do," says
Utanga, who is also current chair of AUT's Pacific Media Centre.
"The bottom line is fewer people have chosen that option over the
last few years – hence the reason for getting a Pacific-focused
journalism course up and running," he says.
An appointment of a Pasifika journalist by the School of Communication
Studies is expected soon to run this programme. - Margo White
* More about the course on Pacific Scoop:
http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/new-aut-media-programme-targets-pacific-journalists/
Enrolment information at AUT:
http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/communications/qualifications/undergraduate-degrees/graduate-diploma-in-pacific-journalism
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