MCOM 300 - Advanced Journalism 3 s.h.

This course is designed for students interested in gaining advanced multi-platform journalistic skills. Oriented toward in-depth projects exploring various approaches to news, feature and documentary work. The focus will be on students’ individual projects, but they will also share and workshop their ideas and work in progress. The course will begin with the process of selecting a topic, background research, planning interviews and writing scripts. Then it will concentrate on interviewing and writing techniques, culminating in editorial workshops and publication prospects in various media. The course will include reading assignments and discussion sessions. The final project will be a long-format journalistic piece. A-E Only. Offered once a year.
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Prerequisite(s): MCOM 200.