JOUR 400

Fall 2021 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 23-Dec 8

Newsroom Experience

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Credit: 2 TO 4 hours.

In this experiential learning course, students work as journalists for a local news outlet under the supervision of Journalism faculty. Those outlets include Illinois Public Media, UI-7, and CU-CitizenAccess and may include newsroom experiences at editorially independent student publications with faculty coaching and critiquing of work. Depending on the section, students might report, write and edit for the web, television or radio; work on data and investigative journalism projects; create podcasts, multimedia graphics, data visualizations. The course is repeatable, allowing students to gain experience in different roles and at more than one outlet and to progress toward more independent work. Standards for all sections will be established by the department.

2 to 4 undergraduate hours. 2 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Credit is not given for JOUR 400 if credit for JOUR 495 is given for the same work experience. Prerequisite: Vary according to section. See section notes.

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JOUR 400 class schedule data for fall 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	75470	Laboratory	CU	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Houston, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Title: CU CitizenAccess Section Info: Students with experience in text, audio, or video journalism are invited to be part of CU-CitizenAccess.org, an award-winning online newsroom that publishes watchdog and in-depth community reporting (with an emphasis on data journalism) for central Illinois. Students will have an opportunity to produce stories that will appear on the web site and be shared with other media organizations in the state and sometimes nationally. Students will choose to pursue 1-4 credit hours based on the rubric that a minimum of forty-five hours of production activity must be completed over the course of the semester for each credit hour. Instructor's approval needed. Email Professor Houston at houstonb@illinois.edu if interested in taking this course.
	75472	Laboratory	IPM	5:00PM -6:20PM	M	Campbell Hall	Evans, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Section Title: Illinois Public Media Section Info: Students with training or experience in audio journalism are invited to be part of the working Illinois Public Media newsroom on the U of I campus. Students will practice peer mentoring to produce work ranging from spot news to full feature stories for WILL-AM, WILL-FM and IllinoisNewsroom.org, with the chance to produce stories for a national audience. Students will choose to pursue 1-4 credit hours based on the rubric that a minimum of forty-five hours of production activity must be completed over the course of the semester for each credit hour. Pre-requisite: JOUR 335 or instructor approval. Reach out to Professor Evans at cre@illinois.edu for approval to take the course if interested and you have not yet completed JOUR 335. This course will meet in room 109 of the Illinois Public Media building (Campbell Hall) at 300 N Goodwin Ave; Urbana. The instructor will provide more details on attendance.