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Multiplatform Newsroom: Newsource


Course Description

Students will work in a newsroom environment using their journalistic knowledge and skills in the production of daily stories for multiple platforms, including TV broadcasting, online, mobile, and social media news delivery. They will write, shoot, and edit under daily deadline pressure.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Evaluation of graduate students differs significantly from that of undergraduate students. Not only will graduate students be assigned more readings and additional projects, they will also be graded with higher expectations than undergraduate students. Specifically, graduate students will be assigned an additional research or applied project depending upon the discretion of the instructor. Research projects may involve secondary research reviews and synthesis, whereas primary research studies will involve collection and analysis of data. Applied projects will consist of an original professional-level project delivered as a written report and/or oral presentation.


Athena Title

Newsource


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in JOUR 5091 or JOUR 7091


Undergraduate Prerequisite

(JOUR 4090 or JOUR 4090E) and permission of department


Graduate Prerequisite

Permission of department


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student Learning Outcomes

  • Students will demonstrate proficiency in identifying news stories and determining the best sources for finding and vetting information applicable to the story.
  • Students will demonstrate proficiency in reporting and research.
  • Students will demonstrate proficiency in requesting information from government sources through Federal and State Open Records and Meetings Laws.
  • Students will demonstrate proficiency in choosing appropriate platforms for storytelling.
  • Students will demonstrate proficiency in producing on deadline TV newscasts as well as digital offerings featuring and headlining the work of multiple journalists.

Topical Outline

  • The elements of visual storytelling
  • The art and science of news gathering; tools, terms, and toil
  • Exercising your Constitutional rights and privileges in the gathering and dissemination of news
  • Your responsibilities to the public in gathering, vetting, and disseminating news
  • SPJ and RTDNA Codes of Ethics
  • Writing to video
  • The art of the interview
  • Multiple platforms-multiple approaches
  • Presentation pointers

Syllabus