JOUR 480

Spring 2009 All Classes

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Advanced Reporting Topics

Credit: 3 hours.

Advanced reporting projects or techniques, with separate sections for a varying array of topics such as investigative reporting, immersion journalism, literary journalism, business and financial journalism, online publishing, radio news features, sports writing, broadcast documentary production, digital journalism, and photo journalism.

May be repeated in the same or subsequent semesters if topics vary. Prerequisite: JOUR 400.

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JOUR 480 class schedule data for spring 2009
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
10471	Independent Study		ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending		Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required
34913	Conference	1	2:00PM -4:50PM	W	123 Gregory Hall	Martin, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 3 hours Section Info: News Gazette writing Class size is limited, and students have been selected to participate in this course.
51189	Conference	15	5:00PM -6:50PM	W	336 Gregory Hall	Benson, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Info: Topic: International Reporting - Foreign Correspondents in Training. Students enrolled in this course will spend spring semester researching the country of Romania in preparation for an international reporting trip to Romania, with a weeklong stopover in Rome, Italy. Under the guidance of Professor Nancy Benson, students in the class will produce a two-hour radio show upon their return to the U.S., and maintain a Web site during their travels to document research and create a travelogue. Romania is a gateway to exploring European Union expansion. As a relatively new EU country, with a developing economy and democracy, Romania still has many pressing problems to solve. This creates a rich environment to pursue a range of story topics. Under the broad theme of examining European Union expansion, students in the course will report on the impact of admitting Romania to the EU from both inside and outside Romania
50989	Lecture-Discussion	18	9:00AM -11:50AM	R	13 Gregory Hall	McDonald, J Johnson, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Info: Title: Digital Newsroom Practicum Ten students, an editor and a professor will create a digital newsroom at The News-Gazette in spring 2009. Students must apply for admission into this class. Submit a short personal statement explaining why you want to take this course and a list of the journalism courses you have taken to the journalism office, 120 Gregory Hall.
51878	Lecture-Discussion	19	1:30PM -2:50PM	TR	111 Gregory Hall	Asim, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Section Info: Topic: Journalist as Critic: Advanced projects and techniques covering the shorter forms of newspaper and magazine criticism, including essays, reviews, editorials and opinion-page articles. Persuasive writing with a goal of developing a critical frame of reference and the skills to get published.
39472	Conference	3	4:00PM -6:50PM	M	1 Gregory Hall	Houston, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Section 3--Topic: Investigative Reporting for Print and Broadcast. This section is open only to sophomores, juniors and seniors in News Editorial, Broadcast and Agricultural Communications majors and journalism graduate students. Please note the stated prerequisite. The registration system may temporarily allow you to select this course even if you do not meet the prerequisite, but it eventually will catch this problem and cancel your registration, by which time it may be difficult for you to find an alternative. Restriction(s): Restricted to Agr & Environmental Cmc & Educ or Journalism or News-Editorial or Broadcast Journalism major(s). Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
40447	Conference	5	2:00PM -4:50PM	T	1 Gregory Hall	Dodson, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Section 5--Topic: Business and Financial Reporting in a Global Economy. This course is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Please note the stated prerequisite. The registration system may temporarily allow you to select this course even if you do not meet the prerequisite, but it eventually will catch this problem and cancel your registration, by which time it may be difficult for you to find an alternative. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
44805	Lecture-Discussion Lecture-Discussion	6 6	1:30PM -2:50PM 1:30PM -4:20PM	R T	13 Gregory Hall 13 Gregory Hall	Kazel, M Johnson, B Kazel, M Johnson, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Section 6--Topic: Multimedia Journalism. This section is open to College of Communications majors and Agricultural Communications majors only that have taken JOUR 400. Please note the stated prerequisite. The registration system may temporarily allow you to select this course even if you do not meet the prerequisite, but it eventually will catch this problem and cancel your registration, by which time it may be difficult for you to find an alternative. Restriction(s): Restricted to Agr & Environmental Cmc & Educ or Advertising or Journalism or News-Editorial or Broadcast Journalism or Media Studies major(s). Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
39504	Conference	9	9:00AM -11:50AM	T	336 Gregory Hall	Dash, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Section 9--Topic: Investigating Contemporary Phenomena/Immersion Journalism. This course is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Please note the stated prerequisite. The registration system may temporarily allow you to select this course even if you do not meet the prerequisite, but it eventually will catch this problem and cancel your registration, by which time it may be difficult for you to find an alternative. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
51070	Lecture-Discussion	M	12:00PM -1:20PM	TR	108 Richmond Studio	Kieser, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Section Info: Topic: Broadcast Meteorology Introduction to the fundamentals of preparing and presenting radio and television weather broadcasts. Emphasis is placed on the gathering of meteorological information, preparing weather forecasts for broadcast, using professional weather graphics software, and developing presentation skills. Special topics include science/environmental reporting and severe weather coverage. Meets with ATMS 491-P This section open only to juniors and seniors in Broadcast journalism until November 11. Restriction(s): Restricted to Journalism or Broadcast Journalism major(s). Not intended for students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing.