Courses

Core Curriculum

Fall 2007 Course Atlas

Spring 2007 Course Atlas

South Africa Program

Fall 2007 Course Atlas

JRNL 201WR: News Reporting and Writing

JRNL 301WR: Advanced News Reporting & Writing

JRNL 311: Electronic Media

JRNL 380WR: Health and Science Writing

JRNL 430WR: Journalism History & Ethics

JRNL 488: Feature Writing

JRNL 495A: Honors in Journalism

JRNL 496: Internship in Journalism

JRNL 497R: Directed Study

JRNL 201WR: News Reporting and Writing

SECTION 00P -- Faculty/Time/Location: Campbell, Doniver; TT, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX: 16

SECTION 01P -- Faculty/Time/Location: McCarthy, Sissel; TT, 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX: 16

SECTION 02P -- Faculty/Time/Location: Foust, Dean; TH, 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX: 16

Content: This is an intensive writing workshop designed to teach specific skills -- reporting, interviewing, editing, hard news and feature writing. The instructor will critique, edit and evaluate students' work intensively.

Texts: Norm Goldstein, ed., Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual; Fred Fedler, Reporting for the Media; Wickham, Kathleen, Math Tools for Journalists.

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required. All sections are open to interested students but due to space limitations, permission of the Journalism Program is still required. Contact the Journalism Office (Callaway Center S106 OR 727-4221) to enroll.

JRNL 301WR: Advanced News Reporting & Writing

Faculty/Time/Location: Wilson, Kristopher; McCarthy, Sissel; TT, 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX: 16

Content: This course builds on the skills learned in JRNL201WR and reflects the fluid state of media today by introducing new concepts, such as podcasting.  The traditional skills include in-depth reporting, fine-tuning writing, developing sources, interviewing, covering beats, and inclusiveness in reporting. The course also adds elements of good broadcast writing, style and reporting to students' repertoire, as well as skills in using digital audio recording and editing. These combinations of skills are increasingly in demand and necessary for journalists, no matter their particular media platform.

Texts: Mencher, Melvin, News Reporting & Writing; Norm Goldstein, ed., Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual.

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Journalism students only. Acceptance into the Journalism Program required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 201 required.

JRNL 311: Electronic Media

Content: The popularization of the Internet has changed journalism radically, both from the perspective of the newsgatherer and the news consumer. This class will examine the ways in which technology is changing the journalism landscape; from the 24-hour news cycle to ethics to digital content acquisition and distribution. Classes will be a mixture of lecture, discussion and hands-on lab exploring the professional and technical challenges of producing multimedia news. Students will produce Web and video content with an eye toward the impact of convergence on the business of journalism.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Journalism students only. Acceptance into the Journalism Program required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 201 required.

JRNL 380WR: Health and Science Writing

Faculty/Time/Location: Wilson, Kristopher; TT, 2:30-3:45, MAX: 16

Content: This is a specialized reporting class designed to introduce students to the basics of science journalism and provide training in researching and writing about science and medicine for a general audience. Emphasis: news and feature writing, with a secondary focus on basic science concepts, medicine and math.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required prior to enrollment.

JRNL 430WR: Journalism History & Ethics

Faculty/Time/Location: Wilkerson, Isabel; W, 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX: 16

Content: This course explores the history and ethics of journalism from the time of the muckrakers to the Internet Age. In class sessions and writing assignments, students will examine the larger forces that shape journalism ethics, such as economics and emerging technologies, as well as day-to-day issues such as accuracy, fairness, conflict of interest, deception, privacy and reporter-source relationships.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required.

JRNL 488: Feature Writing

Faculty/Time/Location: Wilkerson, Isabel; W, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX: 12

Content: An advanced workshop on the art of storytelling, this course explores the range of featurre writing -- an enduring mainstay of daily journalism, from the standard profile to stories of the news to long-form take-outs for newspapers and magazines. Students will learn the joys and challenges of finding a subject, gathering information, conducting interviews and structuring a narrative. Class sessions and writing assignments will be devoted to nurturing the requisite skills, discipline and ethical standards needed to write moving feature stories with a focus on journalistic concerns such as the reporter-subject relationship and on narrative techniques such as voice, metaphor and characterization.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 201 required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 301 preferred.

JRNL 495A: Honors in Journalism

Faculty/Time/Location: Tefft, Sheila; Time and Location TBA; MAX: 10

Content: Critical methods in analysis and interpretation, bibliographical materials and methods of independent scholarly research, and honors thesis.

Texts: TBA.

Particulars: Permission of Journalism Program required. Senior Journalism Program students only with GPA eligibility and permission of the Program Director.

JRNL 496: Internship in Journalism

Faculty/Time/Location: Tefft, Sheila; W, 12:50 - 1:40 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; NO MAX

Content: Students report and write for a newspaper, magazine, broadcast outlet or other news medium for the equivalent of 10 weeks (for credit of four semester hours). The requirement may be met by several shorter internships totaling 10 weeks.

Texts: None.

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Journalism students only. Acceptance into the Journalism Program required.

JRNL 497R: Directed Study

Faculty/Time/Location: Tefft, Sheila; Time/Location: TBA, TBA; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 10

Content: Advanced directed studies on an approved journalism topic by special arrangement.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Permission of Journalism Program required. Senior Journalism Program students only with GPA eligibility and permission of the Program Director.