Topic: Multimedia Journalism

Catalog description

This course builds upon the fundamental skills learned in Introduction to Journalism by introducing multimedia components of news reporting and storytelling. Students will develop production skills and techniques for audio and visual storytelling, and the corresponding news writing formats for sound and screen. You will also develop more in-depth reporting experience by selecting one news beat to cover throughout the semester, and report on through web articles, audio, and visual news stories. Students will further shape their “digital voice” by contributing their news stories to the CMS Journalism WordPress News Page, and drawing upon online tools to enhance their work, including news links, graphics, and creative common use images. While the course emphasizes multimedia journalism, students will still be honing their foundational skills in reporting, including doing background research, developing sources, interviewing, and news writing across multiple platforms. The course will culminate in the production of a longform investigative news report that brings together all the elements of multimedia journalism.