Community Journalism

Catalog description

This course will examine community journalism as a defined niche within mainstream journalism. It is designed to give students greater insight into the tools and skills needed to work at the community level. Course explores different forms of community journalism from small-town newspapers to new ideas of community, including virtual communities. This course will help students use traditional and new media tools to find sources and to report, gather, and disseminate stories of interest to specific audiences. This course will also introduce students to citizen journalism and how to interact with and leverage citizen journalists.