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| Semester: | Spring 2026 |
| Number: | 0108-218-001 |
| Instructor: | Suzanne Valenza |
| Days: | Tuesday 3:05 pm - 5:35 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
This course provides a hands-on exploration of online/multimedia journalism. Students will create and develop a personal website. Students will report and compose news stories and commentary for a blog. Students will also make podcasts and news videos. Legal and ethical questions raised by online news will also be discussed. |
| Learning Goals: |
Students will learn to identify newsworthy stories for their assignments through discussions with their professor. Assessment will be based on how well the story idea meets the elements of newsworthiness: Timeliness, prominence, proximity, human interest, originality, etc.Students will learn how to shoot and edit video by watching news videos and producing news videos using video cameras and video editing software. News videos are evaluated on their content, visual aesthetics and presentation. Students will learn how to blog journalistically by reading other blogs and maintaining their own blog. Blogs are evaluated on content, multimedia features (e.g. links, videos, photos), originality, variety and aesthetics.Students will learn how to design a website by analyzing other websites and creating their own website using web design software. Websites will be evaluated on appearance, navigation, content and coding (e.g. meta tags, analytics, etc.).Students will learn about ethics and laws involved in web journalism through class discussions, case studies and by practicing responsible journalism. They will be evaluated on how well the present all sides of a story, whether they avoid conflicts of interest, whether the avoid plagiarism and fabrication, etc. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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