JOU 3150 DIGITAL NEWS PRODUCTION

Students learn techniques of news production across media platforms and in converged news environments. With a focus on broadcast news production and online publishing, students gain the ability to produce news content through audio, video, photo and text for traditional, web and mobile media distribution.

 

GOAL 
To learn the fundamentals of audio and video news reporting, writing, and production.

Credits

4 sh

Prerequisite

C or better in COM 2200.

Course Types

Required for JOU majors.

Offered

• Fall
• Spring

Course Outcomes

1. • employ the tools of technology to produce news stories for traditional and converged media environments.
2. • create interactive visualizations of data for news.
3. • gather multimedia elements and be able to discern which are most appropriate for specific news stories.
4. • use digital storytelling formats and multimedia elements to produce narrative and interactive stories.
5. • use theory in producing media content, including text, graphics, photographs, audio, and video for multimedia.
6. • assess how technology in news can affect diverse groups, such as sampling issues with social media, effect of lighting on skin tones, algorithmic bias, and disability access.