JOUR 400

Spring 2024 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 16-May 1

Newsroom Experience

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Credit: 0 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.

0 to 4 undergraduate hours. 0 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 spring 2024
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
75692	Laboratory	ADG	9:00AM -11:50AM	F	108 Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Section Title: UI-7 Newsroom - Good Morning Section Info: Good Morning Illini Lab. To enroll, students must register for an "AL_" lecture and an "AD_" lab section.
75691	Laboratory	ADL	3:00PM -6:50PM	W	108 Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Section Title: UI-7 Newsroom - UI7 Live Section Info: UI7 Live Lab. To enroll, students must register for an "AL_" lecture and an "AD_" lab section.
75690	Laboratory	ADS	5:00PM -7:50PM	M	108 Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Section Title: UI-7 Newsroom - Sports Night Section Info: Illini Sports Night Lab. To enroll, students must register for an "AL_" lecture and an "AD_" lab section.
75693	Laboratory	ADV	2:00PM -4:50PM	F	108 Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Section Title: UI-7 Newsroom - En Vivo Section Info: UI7 En Vivo Lab - this is our new Spanish speaking broadcast. To enroll, students must register for an "AL_" lecture and an "AD_" lab section.
75688	Lecture	ALP	2:00PM -3:50PM	M	108 Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: UI-7 Newsroom Producers Section Info: This is a hands-on practical television broadcast class utilizing your skills as a producer or reporter. This lecture section is for students pursuing a PRODUCING role with the UI7 Newsroom which is the home of 4 live student news programs. The Jour 400 labs are broken down into which show you prefer to work on: UI7 News, UI7 En Vivo, Good Morning Illini and Illini Sports Night are weekly live shows where students will produce, write, report, edit and record video. Students may choose the producing route in these shows, by registering for the ALP lecture, or focus on reporting for the broadcasts, by registering for the ALR lecture. The class is repeatable allowing students to move to different roles or even different shows each semester. The course may be repeated to a maximum of 12 credit hours. To enroll, students must register for an "AL_" lecture and an "AD_" lab section.
75689	Lecture	ALR	2:00PM -3:50PM	T	103 Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: UI-7 Newsroom Reporters Section Info: This is a hands-on practical television broadcast class utilizing your skills as a producer or reporter. This lecture section is for students pursuing a REPORTING role with the UI7 Newsroom which is the home of 4 live student news programs. The Jour 400 labs are broken down into which show you prefer to work on: UI7 News, UI7 En Vivo, Good Morning Illini and Illini Sports Night are weekly live shows where students will produce, write, report, edit and record video. Students may choose the producing route in these shows, by registering for the ALP lecture, or focus on reporting for the broadcasts, by registering for the ALR lecture. The class is repeatable allowing students to move to different roles or even different shows each semester. The course may be repeated to a maximum of 12 credit hours. To enroll, students must register for an "AL_" lecture and an "AD_" lab section.
71965	Laboratory	CU	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Houston, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 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 2-4 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.