Spring 2024

Explores the role of journalism and social media in society - its influence on government, technology, business, national security, sports, science and entertainment.

Understanding key moments, debates and ideas that have shaped journalism in the United States from the Revolutionary War period through today. Examination of the social, cultural, political and technological aspects of journalism and its impact on the profession and public service.

Field experience in journalism, public relations, or related field.

Report, write and distribute in-depth stories for diverse audiences; enhance understanding of news judgment; develop and maintain sources; engage communities through field reporting.

Provides students with foundational skills to report, write and produce journalism content across multiple platforms, including broadcast, digital and text.

Introduction to television, radio, and/or digital news production. Examination of issues in journalism. Graded CR/NC.

Examination of media and society by applying concepts on power, ideology, discourse and representation to specific case studies from the field and practice of journalism.

Report, write, produce and distribute in-depth stories produced off beats on multiple platforms for diverse audiences; enhance understanding of news judgment; develop and maintain sources; engage communities through field reporting and emerging digital tools.

Introduction to basic web technologies; conceive, design, code and produce an advanced multimedia story package.

Video for digital platforms, principles of photography, design for web and mobile platforms. Introduction to principles of digital news design, interactivity and presentation in interactive storytelling.

Reportorial and analytical skills and techniques required for portraying and evaluating contemporary newsworthy events using basic data journalism techniques and tools for statistical analysis.

Emphasis on fundamental skills necessary for photojournalism including camera techniques, story ideas and digital darkroom.

Develop reporting skills by studying historical unsolved Italian crimes. Visit crime scenes, examine evidence, interview sources, analyze media reports and write articles for each crime.

Highlight norms, routines of content, including print, broadcast, video. Focus on opportunities, constraints posed by roles of reporters, fans, players, publicists, agents, leagues, teams.

Explores how to engage diverse local communities through participatory journalism and communication strategies. Focuses on using digital tools to increase engagement with communities via field reporting and mobile platforms to produce stories across platforms.

An inside look at the important stories, topical issues, trends and historical developments related to the growing influence of business and media on college and professional sports; identifying the key components and meeting the influencers in class that help shape the business side of sports, while recognizing the role the media plays in providing daily coverage across multiple platforms.

An examination of the symbiotic relationship of the entertainment business and the media; press coverage of the entertainment industry; Hollywood's relationship with news media.

Investigates the implications of the perceptual process of mass media generated immigration discourse in Europe.

Production of television news and sports programs while developing video, writing and communication skills and managing content in collaboration with others under deadline pressure.

Interview, present and design sports segments for television/video in Studio A.

Presentation and selection in non-fiction television programs including documentaries, electronic magazines and news series; ethical problems, field research, reporting, interviewing, pre-production.

Techniques for audio journalism, including effective use of sound, art of the interview, writing for the ear and crafting stories to engage listeners.

A foundational understanding of the historic, cultural and theoretical underpinning of the podcast medium with an emphasis on critical listening.

Production of a well-reported advanced multimedia package, with a blend of text, audio, video, photos, navigation and interactivity; final projects will be published by the Annenberg Media Center.

Techniques of writing the film review; preparation and treatment of form and content; problems, responsibilities and ethics of film reviewing.

Techniques of writing newspaper feature stories, including the profile, the light feature, the news feature, the in-depth story; the art of narrative writing.

Techniques of reporting and writing sports columns and commentary for print, video, radio and Web-based media.

A seminar in "how to" interview, research, write -- and place -- professional quality articles for a full range of magazines/newspapers including women's, sports, ethnic, local and national.

News and feature coverage of sporting events, including social and economic factors influencing sports in America.

Techniques of reporting and writing about the entertainment business, economics and finances. Analysis of the skills and background needed for reporters specializing in this area of the news.

Techniques of reporting and writing about the arts, including television, film, theatre, music, graphic arts, architecture and design.

A multimedia lens centers documenting Latinx food stories, including culture and culinary traditions, related social and political issues, identity, generational influences, historical impact and beyond.

Tell stories that explore food culture and culinary traditions, become familiar with cultural areas of Los Angeles and become immersed in global food and culture.

Press law; government controls on the news media; legal responsibilities of the journalist.

Gender and news media evolving images of women and men in print and electronic media. Impact of gender in content and style of news, television and cinema. Open to non-majors.

Examine and analyze the ever-changing technology sector of the sports business and sports media worlds. Identify emerging technologies being developed in the sports industry and how they are being utilized to enhance the fan experience.

Analysis of the images of the athlete and sports media helps us understand how sports dramatically affects such social issues as race, class and gender.

Produce compelling investigative sports stories culminating in an original and publishable final project.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Focuses on advanced coding techniques for the creation of dynamic, interactive, multimedia and data-driven news stories on the web.

Python coding language to gather, parse and analyze data for investigative news reporting.

Intensive study of a subject of contemporary relevance or of professional importance to journalists and public relations practitioners.

Selected topics in journalism.

Production of video documentary including research and reporting techniques, writing, interviewing, field work, editing, legal issues, economics, aesthetics, balanced presentation, ethics, diversity and production problems.

Advanced production techniques for public radio-style reports: writing, sound, editing, narrative voice. Techniques applicable for broadcast features or Web audio documentaries.

Food is a powerful lens for thinking about cities, community, climate, technology, culture - even our relationship to other species. Focus is on the global.

Field experience in journalism, public relations, or related field.

Research leading to the Master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Writing workshops and independent fieldwork; development of critical skills to write socially valuable criticism and commentary about art, entertainment and culture.

Credit on acceptance of thesis.

Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Researching and writing about how not to get fooled as a journalist; includes research, writing and discussion. Open only to journalism and specialized journalism majors.

Production of a journalism capstone project with multimedia elements for a master's degree. Projects can be single stand-alone pieces, or series of pieces.

Seminar in selected topics in journalism.