Please disregard dates on Course Notes from orginal semester. Follow weekly outline. Students learn about and help develop the use of various experimental new media tools in journalism. Students see and test new media prototypes and evaluate their use and potential use in news gathering, newsroom management and storytelling. Most courses 4000-level and above can be credited to all degree programs.
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See registration procedures for ordering information. The News Lab examines experimental new media technologies and their impact on journalism. Students see and test new media prototypes and evaluate their use and potential use in news gathering, newsroom management and storytelling. Students conduct a series of 10 homework assignments that led up to their research report described below. Due Week 14, students write a 2,500-word research report detailing the technical problems and requirements of one emerging or experimental new media technology that presents important implications for journalism.