Study of corporate publications. Advanced theory and practice of writing for the print and visual media. Study of magazine articles, nonfiction books by Crane, Hemingway, Agee, New Journalists, Herr, others. Study of history to determine journalism's contributions to literature. Communication skills in writing for video, videography, producing, editing, and administration.
Students produce video projects, treatments, scripts, release forms, shot sheets.
Evaluation of illustration and photography for publication and for motion imagery. Values, language, philosophy, style and standards based on artistic vision, audience expectations, and distribution constraints. Study and production of media and contextual integration of audio, video, illustration, photography and text for a variety of distribution modes, settings and audience expectations. Special independent study in visual communications combining theory and practice. Extensive use of research instruments, evaluation and special applications to mass media.