Surveys the history, practices and responsibilities of journalism in a democracy. Examines ethics, best practices in institutional and network settings, reporting and writing, international news systems, personal branding, and strategies for creating and distributing content across media platforms. Promotes the highest professional values and encourages students to be leaders who recognize the possibilities of journalism in a democratic society. Requisites: Restricted to College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI) or Program in Journalism & Mass Communication (JOUR) undergraduate students only.
Develops basic news-gathering skills for work in news enterprises. Students learn techniques central to research, reporting, writing and producing stories for various media formats. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CMCI 1010 and CMCI 1020 and JRNL 1000 or JOUR/JRNL 2601 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Journalism (JRNL) majors only.
Explores the ways in which issues of gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and religion play out in news coverage and how news organizations approach coverage of marginalized groups in society.
Introduces the basic elements of visual communication. Covers the use of camera systems, digital imaging techniques and other aspects of photojournalism including law, ethics, history and critical decision-making. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of JRNL 1000 or JOUR/JRNL 2601 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Journalism (JRNL) majors or Program in Journalism & Mass Communication (JOUR) majors only.
Studies the principles, theories and language of visual communication, emphasizing the evaluation and use of images in mass media. Designed to help students build theories and practices learned in previous classes and perfect their skills integrating words and pictures in communication to gain a greater appreciation of the visual world. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Introduces students to the critical perspectives most often employed in qualitative analysis of journalistic texts and practice: Marxism, psychoanalytical criticism, semiology, sociological criticism, structuralism, etc. Emphasis is upon texts from contemporary print and broadcast media, although students may also explore documentary film and literary journalism. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Provides a blend of theoretical understanding and on the ground experience for students interested in learning about the forces that shape election coverage and the practicalities of reporting on the local and national races for public office. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Offers a broad overview of significant broadcast programs, the institutions and sociocultural and economic influences that have steered the course of radio, television and electronic media history in the United States. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the history, economics and traditions of digital technologies. Addresses the interaction between digital technologies, culture and economy with particular emphasis on the effects on digital journalism. Concludes with a focus on how these concepts are embraced by new journalism market models. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the evolution of the documentary, both in feature films and on television, to understand how the genre offers both historical context and an understanding of the world in which we live. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the foundations of journalism practice in a historical context. Students study the evolution of the news industry and analyze examples of contemporary broadcasting, photography, online and print media in light of the past. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Provides students with an introduction to the factors that shape news reporting and production, including gatekeeping, intermedia agenda setting, pack journalism, beat structures, news values and issues unique to the various platforms on which news is delivered. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores copy editing, graphic principles and processes, new media technology. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of JOUR/JRNL 2001 or JOUR 1000 or JOUR/JRNL 2601 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Journalism (JRNL) or News Editorial (NSED-BSJR or JNED-BSJR) majors only.
Introduces audio production techniques using digital technologies. Students learn to apply fundamental principles to create professional radio and online programs including podcasting. Requisites: Restricted to College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI) or Program in Journalism and Mass Communication (JOUR) majors with a minimum of 45 hours taken.
Emphasizes the use of video technologies in both field and studio production, camera and editing work, producing and directing for professional program production. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of JRNL 2001 or JRNL 1000 or JOUR/JRNL 2601 (min grade D-). Restricted to Journal (JRNL) or Broadcast News (BCNS-BSJR or JBCN-BSJR) or Broadcast Production (BCPM-BSJR or JBCP-BSJR) majors only with a min of 57 hours taken.
Studies state and federal laws and court decisions that affect the media in order to develop knowledge of media rights and responsibilities and an understanding of the legal system. Provides students with an overview of the theorie, ethics, codes, and analytical models that are used in journalims, and introduces students to a ariety of ethical issues that can arise in journalism. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course JRNL/JOUR 2601 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Journalism (JRNL) majors only.
Covers studio productions for "Newsteam Boulder." Students also do field projects to sharpen their writing, video production, and editing skills. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of JOUR/JRNL 3644 (minimum grade D-). Restricted Journalism (JRNL) or Broadcast News (BCNS-BSJR or JBCN-BSJR) or Broadcast Production (BCPM-BSJR or JBCP-BSJR) majors only.
Prepares students for the world of sport journalism. Combines the skills of a hard news reporter, the perspective of an entertainment reporter and the persuasive abilities of an editorial writer. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Assumes mastery of basic reporting and writing skills. Students produce more sophisticated stories on a variety of topics. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of JRNL 2001 or JOUR 3001 (minimum grade D-). Restricted Journalism (JRNL) or News Editorial (NSED-BSJR or JNED-BSJR) majors only.
Advanced course intended to give students a forum in which technical skills will be brought to professional standards. Build a polished portfolio of work to present to editors and buyers. Same as JRNL 5102. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of JOUR/JRNL 3102 (minimum grade D-).
Studies the contributions of American literary journalists from Sara Davidson, Joan Didion, Normal Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe; to established writers of nonfiction, including Annie Dillard, Jon Krakauer, Jane Kramer, Adrian Nichole LeBlanc and Terry Tempest Williams; to the newest wave of long-form journalists. Explores the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction and the literary techniques that distinguish creative nonfiction and literary journalism from other reportorial and storytelling forms. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Designed to give students the experience of researching, writing, shooting and editing their own documentaries. Same as JRNL 5344. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of JOUR/JRNL 3644 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Journalism (JRNL) majors only.
Explores how journalists report international breaking news with a focus on war, disaster and peace and how these news events affect peoples' lives, governmental decisions and news media operations. Requisites: Restricted to Journalism (JRNL) or Program in Journalism and Mass Communication students with a minimum of 73 hours taken.
Students learn basic broadcast reporting skills---where to find news and how to cover it, how to analyze and organize news stories. Skills are linked with advanced concepts of shooting and editing videotape in order to produce news stories on deadline. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of JOUR/JRNL 3644 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Jouralism (JRNL) or Broadcast News (BCNS-BSJR or JBCN-BSJR) majors only.
