COM 445 Online Journalism

The converged media environment will be studied and applied in this course. Students will identify, research and write stories for online media audiences. The fundamentals of journalism will be covered and the course will review the various technologies employed to complement stories for internet access and dissemination. In addition to focusing on the written word, students will be asked to think about and consider ways of illustrating stories for online audiences. Photography will be integrated in this course.This course includes a hands-on component in which students use items such as photographic, video and audio recording devices, software applications for editing images, video, and audio, and posting to and viewing content from the Internet. Prerequisites COM 221 and one additional Journalism Concentration COM course.

Credits

4