J211 Reporting the News Seminar (Section 1)
This course is an intensive 15-week research and workshop experience. It provides the foundation for the rest of the curriculum offered at the J-School. 200 Stresses hard news reporting, writing, and editing. In small classes faculty members with extensive experience in newspaper reporting work to develop the scope and quality of the reporting and writing…
Read MoreJ243 Advanced Narrative
Sometimes the best way to tell a reported story is to tell the story, using techniques of fine fiction: character, scene, pacing, dialogue, tension, strategically-placed backgrounding. For this course we’ll do a lot of reading—articles, book excerpts, essays, graphic novel-style journalism. Most will come in the form of a two-volume reader, and we’ll focus on…
Read MoreJ298 Audio Capstone for Audio Master’s Students
This is a class for second-year audio students to help facilitate their audio theses. Through the course, students will continue working on crafting their audio theses, hear from guest speakers, and workshop and review their work.
Read MoreJ298 Developing your Blockbuster Investigative Story
This class is limited to students already enrolled in the course from the Fall 2024 semester. This is an intense year-long seminar that aims to help students conceive, execute and publish ambitious investigative journalism with the full support of the Investigative Reporting Program. Students are challenged to identify an investigative project they are passionate about…
Read MoreJ276 Intermediate Audio
The goal of this class is to produce captivating, narrative, long-form audio stories. Students will learn the fundamentals of creative audio, including: finding, mapping and planning narrative stories; successfully pitching major radio programs and podcasts; interview skills; editing and script writing for style. This class will leave students with a strong foundation for entering the…
Read MoreJ284 Documentary Production
Journalism 284 is the second semester of a year-long intensive documentary production workshop where second-year students develop and produce their thesis films. Students combine rigorous research and reporting with cinematic storytelling, and we work with the styles of cinematography, lighting, sound, and editing unique to documentary film. Guest filmmakers may conduct master classes on various…
Read MoreJ283 Video Reporting and Storytelling
This is a required course for all students who are in the Documentary thesis concentrations. It will meet twice a week. The course is structured around two simultaneous modules: Module 1: Technical sessions designed to promote advanced proficiency in several technical production skills critical to the process of video storytelling (editing, camera, sound, and lighting).…
Read MoreJ234 Reporting on Latin America Travel Class (By application only)
This class is by application only, but is open to students of any track. APPLICATION LINK: Due Friday, Nov. 1 at 11:59pm This course is designed to teach students to work as international correspondents for the semester. Students will learn how to operate safely in an unfamiliar setting, how to be resourceful and problem solve,…
Read MoreJ298 Business Journalism Capstone — The Bloomberg Way
This is a graduate-level, workshop-based course designed to provide students with the opportunity to produce a single, in-depth business journalism story of exceptional quality. Whether it’s a feature-length article, an investigative report, or a magazine-style piece, students will be guided through the process of crafting a high-caliber capstone project with accompanying media. Each week, the…
Read MoreJ222 Interactive Narratives
Welcome to Interactive Narratives! This course will explore how digital narratives are reported, designed, produced, and consumed in digital formats. This is an ever-changing field with new and old technologies evolving constantly. The goal of this course is to understand how media professionals can best utilize any new technologies to meaningfully enhance a story. How…
Read More