The Modern Media World

JOURN X 440.3

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

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Fall
Spring
In Person
Online
Starting at $695.00
As few as 12 weeks
4.0

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.   

Fall 2024 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Tuesday 6:30PM - 9:30PM PT
Available
See Details
400731
Fee:
$695.00
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Location: UCLA
Notes

Required course in the Journalism Certificate.

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. 

Internet access required. Materials required.

No refunds after October 1st, 2024.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after September 17, 2024
Course Requirements
Book: The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
(Optional) Book: The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
(Optional) Book: Oranges by John McPhee
(Optional) Book: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
(Optional) Book: All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Tue Sep 24, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Oct 1, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Oct 8, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Oct 15, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Oct 22, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Oct 29, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Nov 5, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Nov 12, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Nov 19, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Nov 26, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Dec 3, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
Lecture
Tue Dec 10, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1329
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This section has no set meeting times.
Available
See Details
400756
Fee:
$695.00
Onlineformat icon
Notes

Required course in the Journalism Certificate.

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. 

Internet access required. Materials required.

No refunds after September 27th, 2024.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after September 16, 2024
Course Requirements
Book: The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
(Optional) Book: The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
(Optional) Book: Oranges by John McPhee
(Optional) Book: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
(Optional) Book: All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

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