Course ID: | JOUR 5091/7091. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Reporting IV: Capstone: In-Depth Projects |
Course Description: | Students develop, pitch, and produce multimedia stories for publication on a defined platform with platform-specific advanced storytelling skills training. Students report on their selected topic by identifying an informational need and its audience, conducting research, and reporting and producing content. Students work with peers to edit, package, and promote the stories. |
Oasis Title: | Reporting Capstone Projects |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JOUR 5090 or JOUR 7090 |
Undergraduate Prerequisite: | (JOUR 4090 or JOUR 4090E or SPTM 4800) and permission of department |
Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will research and evaluate a journalistic market or niche that needs to be served. They should be able to successfully pitch, plan, and execute individual journalism work serving their niche. Students should be able to learn and apply project management techniques to individual and collaborative work. They should be able to execute assigned roles and complete projects that exhibit competency in multimedia storytelling. |
Topical Outline: | Idea generation
Defining the market
Story development
Copy and style editing
Collective accountability
Principles of issue/topic coverage
Advanced storytelling tools
Platform assessment
Ethics and accuracy
Project management
Reporting
Production and publication
Project assessment |