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The Modern Media World

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JOURN X 440.3

Examine various media contexts, emerging platforms, AI, and challenges to the journalism profession, common career trajectories, and new specializations  

Typically Available
Fall
Spring

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What you can learn.

Explore specialized fields of journalism and media, so you can begin to target in a more definitive way the area where you want to focus
Get a practice-based and forward-thinking view of how to succeed in modern journalism
Examine the real-world aspects of planning, pitching, and executing stories and content on a variety of platforms

About This Course

Discusses the work of journalists and media creators today in relation to emerging industry realities. Explores real-world aspects of planning, pitching and executing stories and content on a variety of platforms. Students come away with a nuanced and evidentiary view of what it means to succeed in modern journalism. Lessons also cover the specialized fields of journalism and media, so students can begin to target in a more definitive way where they want to focus. 

 

This course applies toward the following programs

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Journalism

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certificate Develop the investigating, reporting, and audio-visual storytelling skills needed for a multifaceted career in modern journalism and related professions in communication.

Develop the investigating, reporting, and audio-visual storytelling skills needed for a multifaceted career in modern journalism and related professions in communication.