This module will introduce you to the skills, knowledge and experiences which are foundational to the theory and practice of journalism. You'll learn to find newsworthy stories and interview the people behind them.

Newswriting is a very specific form, bound by established rules and principles. You'll learn how to write news in exactly the same way professional reporters do.

You'll also be introduced to the core aspects of multimedia production; for example, the basics of video and audio, which you'll develop much further later in your degree,

As well as starting your news storytelling journey, you'll pursue content specific to your pathway and interests, whether that's writing about sport, music, culture, politics, fashion, entertainment -  there are such a huge range of stories waiting to be told.

You'll be taught how to make your content legally safe and ethically secure, helping prepare you for a potential future in professional reporting, so that from the very outset of your practical reporting you are abiding by news industry standards.

This module is all about you and your fellow students breaking news and telling stories in real time. Getting the news out to set deadlines and real audiences across a variety of media platforms, including the Chester Student Media website and the Chester Student Radio station.

You'll be working on real-time live newsdays, during which you'll be required to source stories, undertake research, interview people in the city (and maybe beyond!).

You'll deploy all the methods of reporting you've acquired in the Introduction to Storytelling module (CS4200). These highly transferable skills include writing for different media platforms, interviewing, photography, as well as basic approaches to audio and video storytelling. You'll also need to put into practice the legal and ethical knowledge you've acquired, to make sure that your published or broadcast content won't land you in any trouble.

This will enable you to gain confidence and experience in multimedia reporting and content production which will prepare you for the wider variety of stories you'll produce, and the more complicated multimedia techniques you'll learn, during your second year, at level five.

You now have the opportunity to pick an optional module to learn a new language or build on your existing language skills as part of your degree. You can choose:

• Subsidiary Language for Beginners (choice of German, Italian or Spanish)
• French: Intermediate Language Development
• Spanish: Intermediate Language Development
• Chinese: Intermediate Language Development
• German: Communication in Practice
• French: Communication in Practice
• Spanish: Communication in Practice