JOUR 200: Introduction to Multimedia Journalism

Discipline
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Fundamentals of multimedia journalism including reporting stories that include photography, audio, graphics and video that can be combined into the ideal online package.
Course Outcomes
  • Apply basic journalistic concepts and principles to produce multimedia stories that can be published online.
  • Generate story ideas and determine the best way to convey those stories through text, audio, photography, video and/ or infographics.
  • Gather essential information for a story, including conducting interviews, following through on assignments and meeting deadlines.
  • Take pictures using a digital camera applying concepts of photocomposition and then edit them using editing software.