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.

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.

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Athena Title

Reporting Capstone Projects

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in JOUR 5090 or JOUR 7090

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Undergraduate Prerequisite

(JOUR 4090 or JOUR 4090E or SPTM 4800) and permission of department

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Graduate Prerequisite

Permission of department

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student learning Outcomes

• Students will research and evaluate a journalistic market or niche that needs to be served.
• Students will successfully pitch, plan, and execute individual journalism work serving their niche.
• Students will learn and apply project management techniques to individual and collaborative work.
• Students will execute assigned roles and complete projects that exhibit competency in multimedia storytelling.

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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

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Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes

Communication

The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.

Creativity & Innovation

The capacity to combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise in original ways and the experience of thinking, reacting, and working in an imaginative way characterized by innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.

Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.

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Syllabus

Select Faculty / Instructor to download syllabus:   Bickley, Dodie   Bickley, Dodie   BRIGHT, AMANDA   BRIGHT, AMANDA   Vassileva, Ralitsa   Vassileva, Ralitsa   Walker, Denetra   Walker, Denetra   Wojdynski, Bartosz   Wojdynski, Bartosz

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