JOUR 430

Journalism on the Web I

This course focuses on instruction in beginning skills in online writing and visual media in producing the campus online newspaper, saccityexpress.com. Students are instructed in how to produce the journalistic product for distribution to a college-wide audience. Students learn skills in one of the following areas: beginning online writing and editing; beginning digital photography and digital video production; beginning audio and podcasting production, and social media. Ethical and legal aspects of communication and journalism are also covered. This course offers opportunity to build a digital portfolio and to gain experience while working on real-world projects. JOUR 420 is the lab component for this course.

Units: 3.0

Hours: 54 hours LEC