Journalism Professional Practicum Option
What is the Journalism Option?
ACICIS
is offering the Journalism Professional Practicum (JPP 2009) study option
in 2009 for students of journalism, media and communications studies, and cadet
journalists. The program is designed to provide participants, who may not necessarily
have Indonesian-language skills or experience in Indonesia, with the opportunity
to live and work in the diverse and dynamic media scene of the bustling capital,
Jakarta. A pilot JPP program was held in 2003, and a full program was held in Jakarta in 2008.
The JPP 2009 aims to give students the background knowledge and theoretical insights
required to work in and report on Indonesia. Participants will experience the
social, workplace and professional journalistic cultures directly through class
work and practical work placements in media organisations,
and also get a taste for the environment in which a foreign correspondent might
operate and the nature of international journalism.
The
JPP 2009 is organised as a six-week program, undertaken
in Jakarta at the end of the Australian academic calendar year, during January
and February. Project officer and student supervisor for the program will once again be senior
Walkley Award-winning Australian journalist Louise Williams,
who has had considerable experience living and working in Indonesia and the Southeast
Asian region.
All participants must agree to abide by a Stakeholders' Protocol.
What the Program Involves
- Predeparture readings to help orientate and acculturate participants.
- A
two-week module of intensive 'in-country' classes at Jakarta's Atma Jaya University.
- A series of field
trips, workshops and presentations by industry representatives to
help enhance students' journalistic skills and give them a greater appreciation
of Indonesia.
- A
substantial component of intensive language study to give students the ability
to operate at a functional level in Indonesia.
- Four
weeks of industry placement in a 'real' work environment in print, online or broadcast
media organisations or journalists' professional association. Placements are tailored
as much as possible to the career interests of each participant.
This placement
will give participants the chance to function as a part of the Indonesian media
community and put textbook theory and scholarly analysis into practice. It may
involve a combination of:
- generating
news, feature, current affairs or other story ideas and researching and writing/producing
those stories;
- shadowing
Indonesian journalists in their daily work practices to observe how professionals
in a different culture select stories, relate with sources, choose particular
elements for publication and adopt certain news angles;
- sub-editing
English-language print, online or broadcast stories for content, style and grammar.
- A de-briefing
and feedback session held with ACICIS Practicum organisers in Jakarta at the conclusion
of the placements.
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