WHATS IT LIKE?

zeenie

whats it like studying a PLC course in journalism when you have never had a basic knowledge of it and when its not really pronounced in the country you came from... what should i expect? i'm interested in this course but i'm scared that i'm too clueless to be qualified...

pickarooney

If you tell us the college you've applied for I can move this to the appropriate forum.

EileenG

The point about doing a course is that they teach you all that stuff. As long as you have basic English, they'll tell you the rest. Very few people on a course like that will have any useful experience.

To a huge extent, journalism is asking questions and writing down the answers. It's not complicated, you don't need a degree in literature, you don't need a marvelous imagination. All you need is to listen to what people say (and what they don't say), and try to organise the results so they are coherent and interesting to read.

In fact, many of the best journalists working in Ireland have no formal qualifications in journalism at all.

zeenie

pickarooney wrote: »

If you tell us the college you've applied for I can move this to the appropriate forum.

Dun Laoghaire college of further education, pls

zeenie

EileenG wrote: »

The point about doing a course is that they teach you all that stuff. As long as you have basic English, they'll tell you the rest. Very few people on a course like that will have any useful experience.

To a huge extent, journalism is asking questions and writing down the answers. It's not complicated, you don't need a degree in literature, you don't need a marvelous imagination. All you need is to listen to what people say (and what they don't say), and try to organise the results so they are coherent and interesting to read.
.

well thanks so much, Eileen. i'll stop worrying now... though i have my interview next wednesday and i've tried reading so many things abt the course, but i dont know if i'm actually doin the ryt preparations....

Robbyn

Well usually course descriptions might say if you need any sort of further experience, for example, the journalism course in DCU requires you to have very good punctuation, and an article of 750 words or more that is either been published / intended to be submitted for publication in any area of your choosing.

The course description usually say if prior experience is necessary, although yes they are there to teach you about it, so you won't need loads.

zeenie

Robbyn wrote: »

Well usually course descriptions might say if you need any sort of further experience, for example, the journalism course in DCU requires you to have very good punctuation, and an article of 750 words or more that is either been published / intended to be submitted for publication in any area of your choosing.

The course description usually say if prior experience is necessary, although yes they are there to teach you about it, so you won't need loads.

Thanks so much.

Robbyn

No problem, I intend to try for the journalism course in DCU, now just write a good article