Offers a foundation in the technologies of journalistic storytelling across a variety of established and emerging media platforms, such as print, television, radio, online publications, blogs, social media and emerging forms of communication. Students will emerge from the course with basic competence in the technical tools they will need as journalists. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Develops skills in research and reporting on public issues and news events, and in the construction of narrative in the journalistic and documentary traditions, using a variety of media platforms. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Advanced course intended to give students a forum in which technical skills will be brought to professional standards. Build a polished portfolio of work to present to editors and buyers. Same as JRNL 4102. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Designed to give students the experience of researching, writing, shooting and editing their own documentaries. Same as JRNL 4344. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 and JRNL 5514 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Involves writing news and features about actual events for publication under deadline pressure. Lab to be arranged. Same as JRNL 4502. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JOUR 5511 and JOUR 5552 or JRNL 5552 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI) graduate students only.
Shows how to dig beneath the surface of issues and events. Focuses on research, interviewing, and writing. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Teaches advanced principles and techniques involved in the preparation of news for broadcasting. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Instructs students in data-driven investigative reporting. Includes hands-on, in-depth instruction in gathering data from census reports, commercial databases, global information networks, and other sources, and utilizing spreadsheets to analyze the information in ways that can help deepen and strengthen journalistic stories on a wide variety of subjects. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Discusses principles and practice in copy editing and writing headlines for local and wire stories. Practice in page makeup, picture editing, and electronic editing. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Builds upon digital production skills through the creation of multimedia project. Applies media theory to evaluate digital media content and explore how digital forms influence the news industry, politics, culture, and society. Same as JRNL 4562. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Concentrates on several of the subjective areas of journalism. Emphasizes editorial and column writing, editorial pages and blogging. Same as JRNL 4602. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Students participate in Newsteam Boulder a program broadcast live over the Boulder cable television system. Same as JRNL 4624. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 and JRNL 5514 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers interpretation, preparation, and/or reporting in programs for broadcast media. Prepares radio or television documentaries and informational/entertainment programs. Instructor consent required. Same as JRNL 4634. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 and JRNL 5514 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores the evolving First Amendment doctrines and the legal frameworks of media production including libel, newsgathering, subject privacy, intellectual property and internet regulation. Also explores frameworks used to examine the ethical issues that arise in newsgathering and publication. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Emphasizes the advanced techniques in digital video camera usage and digital editing for professional broadcast video production. Same as JRNL 4684. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 and JRNL 5514 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Emphasizes composition of criticism for the performing arts and other areas of entertainment. Same as JRNL 4702. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides practice in writing freelance articles. Considers types, sources, methods, titles, illustrations, and freelance markets. Students submit work for publication. Same as JRNL 4802. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Helps students acquire the basic skills and knowledge required of science journalists. Also examines issues of scientific importance such as climate change, the nature of scientific knowledge, and how science is covered in various media. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Involves reporting and writing about the environment by taking into account the scientific, technological, political, economic, and cultural dimensions of environmental subjects. Same as JRNL 4822. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
