Spring 2025

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.

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.

Reportorial and analytical skills and techniques required for portraying and evaluating contemporary newsworthy events; lectures, discussions.

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 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.

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.

History and growing importance of Latino print and broadcast news media in covering immigration, discrimination, culture, social differences and other aspects of U.S. Latino life.

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.

Art, typography, and other graphic elements in publication design; traditional, contemporary, and advanced production methods, processes, and equipment; representative examples; practice in design.

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.

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

Selected topics in journalism.

Analysis and writing of editorials, essays, Op-Ed page articles, profiles, and other shorter forms of journalism, combined with study of historic practitioners of those forms.

Advanced reportorial and analytical skills and techniques required for evaluating newsworthy events. Group research and publication of stories on important current topics.

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.

Reporting, production and writing for broadcast and other video platforms; practical experience; role of the video broadcast journalist; similarities and differences between media.

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

News stories analyzed, researched, and critiqued for validity and background; projects to include editorials, news stories, magazine articles or broadcast reports.

Explores the economics of the news industry and prepares students to navigate the journalism job market through practical exercises, practice interviews and cover letter-writing.

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

Reporting about entertainment, popular culture and their impact on American society; survey of past media coverage and current practices.

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

Reporting and writing on religion; survey of world religion, religion and public life-including politics, gender and science.

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.

Reporting and writing on business, economics and public finance; students produce a series of professional projects for publication.

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.