JRN Journalism Courses at Global Campus

This course is designed to teach students to critically examine the impact of digital media and mediated messages on their everyday lives. Throughout the course, students explore the underlying power relationships of the media industry, the construction of media messages, and the influence of digital media on individuals, groups, and society. 

This course prepares students in foundational journalism skills. The central focus is on identifying the audience, purpose, and content of news production. Students will learn the central aspects of news reporting, writing, and editing for a variety of platforms. Students will leave class with enhanced knowledge of AP style, audience analysis, interviewing, writing, and editing skills. Prerequisites: ENG 121 and 122 or equivalents.

This course will focus on gathering, evaluating, writing and editing information for news stories tailored for various forms of media and audiences.

Media Law and Ethics familiarizes students with the major laws and ethical guidelines associated with news and information media. This course will explore the fundamental principles of media law and the ethical responsibilities of media practitioners. Prerequisite: JRN 200 and 201

Ethics in journalism begins with an overview of ethical foundations and philosophy with a focus on case studies in the media and the application of ethical standards and decision making to issues faced by journalists on a daily basis. Prerequisite: JRN 200.

This course introduces students to the various genres of journalistic writing. Students learn to employ skills acquired from previous journalism courses to specific types of news reporting. Genres include the following: investigative journalism, sports journalism, entertainment journalism, business journalism, and environmental journalism. 

Students in this course will apply journalistic skills to opinion writing for editorial pages. It provides tools for evaluating critical thinking and argumentation for evaluating editorial writing. Additionally, students will learn the skills and requirements for feature writing. Prerequisite: JRN 301.

This course teaches students to create more in-depth news reports for various forms of media. Students will utilize research and evaluation skills learned in previous courses to produce investigative news reports suited for real-world publications. Prerequisite: JRN 301.

Students will demonstrate mastery of the programmatic outcomes of the journalism major by creating an electronic portfolio of work completed during the program and by adding newly developed material that showcase professional journalistic skills. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the General Education Capstone course & all program courses.