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Spring 2008 Course Atlas

JRNL 190: Freshman Seminar: Journalism: Discovering International Atlanta

JRNL 201WR: News Reporting & Writing

JRNL 301WR: Advanced News Reporting & Writing

JRNL 305: Communication Law

JRNL 311: Electronic Media

JRNL 430WR: Journalism History & Ethics

JRNL 450: News Video

JRNL 488: Narrative Journalism

JRNL 488: Percision Journalism

JRNL 495B: Honors in Journalism

JRNL 496: Internship in Journalism

JRNL 497R: Directed Study

JRNL 190: Freshman Seminar: Journalism: Discovering International Atlanta

Faculty/Time/Location: Tefft, Sheila; W, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX: 5, Freshman Only (Same as LAS 190 = 5; ASIA 190 = 5)

Content: New immigrants are shaping international Atlanta. This seminar explores the city's international character through news coverage, field trips, meetings with journalists, politicians and other newsmakers and volunteer work in diverse neighborhoods. Students examine how the news media shape Atlanta's identity as home to growing immigrant communities and define public opinion and policy on major immigration issues. Students taking this course as LAS 190 would focus on Latin American and/or Caribbean migrant communities.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Freshman Only.

JRNL 201WR: News Reporting & Writing

SECTION 00 -- Faculty/Time/Location: Campbell, Doniver; TT, 10:00 a.m.-11:15 p.m.; Callaway - S108; MAX 16

SECTION 01 -- Faculty/Time/Location: McCarthy, Sissel; TT, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.; Callaway - S108 - MAX 16

SECTION 02 -- Faculty/Time/Location: Foust, Russell; TH 6:00-8:30 p.m.; Callaway-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: TBA

Particulars: All sections are open to interested students.

JRNL 301WR: Advanced News Reporting & Writing

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

Content: This is an intensive writing workshop. The goal is to advance the students' abilities as journalists -- research, reporting, analysis of official documents and budgets, interviewing techniques, beat reporting, news writing, feature writing. Instructor will work closely with students to expand their writing.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Acceptance into the Journalism Program required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 201 required. Lab fee: $35.

JRNL 305: Communication Law

Faculty/Time/Location: Cohen, Dale; TH, 6:00-8:30 p.m.; TBA; MAX: 25

Content: This course provides a basic constitutional law background for journalism students. In addition to a study of fundamental free speech issues, the course will cover: defamation, privacy, fair trial/free press, reporter's privilege, commercial speech and pornography. Students will be expected to read and to analyze the major Supreme Court decisions in the area. There will be a series of short papers and a final examination.

Texts: TBA

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

JRNL 311: Electronic Media

Faculty/Time/Location: Clontz, Ronald; TT, 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX: 16

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. Acceptance into the Journalism Program required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 201 required. Lab fee: $35.

JRNL 430WR: Journalism History & Ethics

Faculty/Time/Location: Wilkerson, Isabel; M, 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 450: News Video

Faculty/Time/Location: Wilson, Kristopher; W 2:00-6:00 p.m.; Callaway Center-S108; Max 16

Content: This is an advanced course focusing on the reporting, writing, shooting and editing of broadcast news pieces. Students will learn documentary news techniques and professional-level video editing. They will produce video news segments in television magazine-style for airing at the end of the semester, as well as on the web. Class hours includes off-site studio time.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 301 and JRNL 311 are required. Lab fee: $35.

JRNL 488: Topics in Journalism: Precision Journalism

Faculty/Time/Location: Milliron, David; T 6:00-8:30 p.m.; Cox Computer Room B; Max 15

Content: This course will help students develop strong investigative, analytical and intuitive skills necessary to help land that ideal journalism job or internship. This lecture/lab is designed to help students master the basics of computer-assisted reporting in daily news gathering. Students will gain hands-on experience using software applications to analyze data, conduct background checks and gain a command of the Internet. Students will become knowledgeable and facile in the use of computers and related information and public records.

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Permission of the Journalism Program required.

JRNL 488: Topics in Journalism: Narrative Journalism and Society 

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

Content: This seminar examines in-depth approaches to covering and writing about difficult social issues of the day.  It emphasizes going beyond the statistics to the people whose lives give meaning to the numbers, and explore the increasingly powerful and popular use of narrative writing as a way to make complex issues more compelling to an audience distracted and overwhelmed in the information age. 

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Permission of Journalism Program required.

JRNL 495B: Honors in Journalism

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

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

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Satisfactory completion of JRNL 495A. 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: Wilson, Kristopher, T 2:30-3:30 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 16

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. Acceptance into the Journalism Program required.

JRNL 497R: Directed Study

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

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

Texts: TBA

Particulars: Only open to senior students in the Journalism Program. Permission of the Journalism Program required.