JOUR 1638 Flashcards
JOUR 201
Culture of Journalism: Past, Present and Future (4 units)
The goal of this course is to introduce students to key moments, debates and ideas that have shaped
U.S. journalism.
Covering from the Revolutionary War period through today, the class will examine social, cultural, political and
technological aspects of U.S. journalism, getting a sense of its overarching history as a profession and public service.
ASCJ 200
0 Navigating Media and News in the Digital Age (4 units)
This is an interdisciplinary course designed to engage students as discriminating media and news consumers and
contributors at a time when the digital revolution is spawning an unprecedented daily flood of content. Students will
develop critical thinking and analytic skills for evaluating media and news, distinguish different types of media and news,
media formats and platforms, and learn how to become active participants and producers in the new digital culture.
The
course examines new avenues of civic pa
rticipation and the critical importance of ethical standards in communicating
messages.
JOUR 207
Reporting and Writing I (4 units)
This course will provide students with the foundational skills needed to report, write, produce and distribute stories across
multiple platforms for diverse audiences.
Students will learn reporting fundamentals, including developing news
judgment.
They will learn to write and structure news stories across topics from diverse communities. They will be
introduced to the role of social media in newsgathering.
JOUR 208
Media Law and Ethics (2 units)
Students will l
earn basics of the legal system and contemporary case law and ethics to help guide and anchor the practice
of journalism in the digital space. They will learn how traditional boundaries between public and private have changed
and how to navigate this spac
e as journalists.
Students will learn, too, the ethics that guide their behavior as
professionals.
JOUR 307
Reporting and Writing II (4 units)
This course will provide students with opportunities to report, write, produce and distribute more in
-depth s
tories
produced off beats on multiple platforms for diverse audiences. Students will hone their news judgment by producing
longer news and analysis pieces with multiple sources. In this course, students will also begin to learn how to engage
communities
using both field reporting and emerging digital tools through social media.
Prerequisite: JOUR 207
JOUR 320
0 Introduction to Coding for Storytelling (2 units)
In this course, students will learn the web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery) need
ed to build modern
interactive multimedia projects.
In addition, they will use their storytelling skills to create advanced online story packages
with multiple elements, including text, visuals, audio, interactivity and navigation, with heavy emphasis on web
development and coding.
Students will conceive,
design, code and produce a multimedia package.
Prerequisite: JOUR 207 and JOUR 321
Concurrent enrollment: JOUR 307
JOUR 321
Visual Journalism (2 units)
Students will gain an understanding of visual journalism through theory and practical application while exploring emerging
story forms.
Students will learn video for web, principles of photography, design for web and mobile platforms and the
roles each play in interactive storytelling.
Students will also learn elements of design related to typography, layout,
engagement and user interface as they apply to journalistic story forms across platforms.
JOUR 322
Data Journalism (2 units)
This course explores d
ata journalism in the context of investigative journalism.
Students will learn how to analyze and
interpret data provided by public and private agencies/ organizations. The course will train students how to use the data
to give stories context by using b
asic quantitative analysis tools and techniques. Data visualization, audience engagement
and interactivity will also be covered in this course.
Prerequisite: JOUR 320
JOUR 323
Creating you Digital Footprint and Brand (2 units)
Students will build a perso
nal website featuring their work at the school.
The collected work will demonstrate a student’s
depth and breadth across enterprise reporting and writing, entrepreneurship, social media and community engagement.
This class will also focus on how to use d
iverse social media platforms to enhance and advance students’ digital footprint
in an era of personal branding.
JOUR 372
Engaging Diverse Communities in the Digital Era (2 units)
In this course, students will have the opportunity to engage with diverse l
ocal communities and produce stories across
platforms.
Students will learn how to use digital tools to increase journalists’ engagement with communities via field
reporting and on news sites and mobile platforms.
The course will also teach students the s
ophisticated use of social
media tools to crowd source and to build source lists and community relationships. [Cross listed as ASCJ 440 Engaging
Diverse Communities in the Digital Era].
Prerequisite: JOUR 307
JOUR 408
Advanced Media Law in the Digital A
ge (2 units)
Students will learn, in greater depth, about the First Amendment and seminal case law establishing journalists’ freedoms
and helping provide the framework for the practice of the craft.
The course also continues conversations from the
freshman
-level law class, delving deeper into emerging case law that, in some instances, restricts mass communication
freedom in the digital space.
Prerequisite: JOUR 208
JOUR 414
Advanced Digital Media Storytelling (2 units)
In this course, students will produce a well
-reported advanced multimedia package, with a blend of text, audio, video,
photos, navigation and interactivity.
The final project will be published by the Annenberg Media Center.
Prerequisite: JOUR 307, JOUR 320, JOUR 321 and JOUR 322
