NZQA registered unit standard
4885 version 4
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Title
Prepare sport information for the media
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
different types and forms of sport media and determine their
requirements; prepare information for media releases and
press kits for a specified sport organisation; and prepare results
for the media for a specified sport organisation.
Classification
Recreation and Sport > Recreation and Sport - Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
None.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify different types and forms of sport media and determine their requirements.
Range
types and forms of the media include – written, visual, audio.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Purposes and differences between types and forms of the media are
distinguished as they relate to sporting contexts.
1.2
Specialist journals, writers, and programmes are identified and their purposes
are explained in terms of sport.
1.3
Presentation requirements are determined for written, visual, and audio media
as they relate to sporting contexts.
Range
written media include – newspaper and magazine articles,
interviews, reports, press releases, letters, advertisements,
advertorials, photographs; visual media include television, video,
film, slides, overhead projectors, computer link-ups, photographs;
audio media include radio interviews and talkback, press
conferences, advertising.
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NZQA registered unit standard
4885 version 4
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Outcome 2
Prepare information for media releases and press kits for a specified sport organisation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The functions of media releases and press kits are defined in terms of their
specific objectives.
2.2
Information presented is fully researched, accurate, newsworthy, topical,
concise and timely.
2.3
Human interest factors are included and key individuals, characters, and events
are identified.
2.4
Form of communication used is appropriate to the target audience and specific
objectives of the media release or press kit.
2.5
Style and format of presentation are appropriate to the sport and medium
selected.
Outcome 3
Prepare results for the media for a specified sport organisation.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Presentation format is clear and information is accurate.
3.2
Significant, unexpected, and unusual results are highlighted.
3.3
The competition is summarised to date and the results are placed into the wider
context of the total competition.
3.4
Copy meets media deadlines and the requirements of the sport organisation.
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
29 June 1995
31 December 2012
Revision
2
19 February 1998
31 December 2012
Review
3
12 February 2001
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
4
20 May 2011
N/A
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
4885 version 4
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Skills Active Aotearoa Limited info@skillsactive.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016