Open to non-majors with preference given to journalism majors and minors. The course challenges students to become critical observers and effective communicators in print, broadcast and multimedia environments. Students will write weekly news stories for the print and broadcast media. Sophomore standing, JO 101, 102. Sample syllabus 207 Writing for Media II Continued development of proficiencies and understandings introduced in Writing for Media I. Students report and write more sophisticated stories, including regular coverage of off-campus events and personalities.
Students continue to write regularly for the print and broadcast media, both on and off campus.
Sophomore standing, JO 201. The evolution and growth of the mass media in the United States from a historical perspective, in the context of political, social, economic and demographic change. Open to non-majors. The course examines the formal models of ethical decision making as they are applied to issues of mass media, and covers issues of libel, slander, privacy, journalistic privilege, obscenity, access to information, and emerging case law and legislation regulating digital and electronic information. Open to non-majors.