Cross-Platform Editing and Producing II

Catalog description

(cross-leveled with JOURN 4832 ). Students will master storytelling, decision-making and technical skills for various platforms, while learning the principles and management skills needed to be leading editors and producers for varied media types. Students will edit and produce journalistic content for distribution across media platforms, with an emphasis on digital content for specific audiences/outlets. This is a newsroom-intensive course. Students will have one class lecture per week, one lab and be assigned to do shift editing and producing work in two newsrooms, one in each half of the semester. In addition, students will work with students in the Reporting and Writing I course on longer-term stories or projects and help produce them for a Journalism School outlet. Graded on A-F basis only. Credit Hour s : 3 Prerequisites: JOURN 7830 ; Graduate standing is required