JOUR 400

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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 2026
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
75692	Laboratory	ADG	9:00AM -11:50AM	F	Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Title: UI7 Newsroom - Good Morning Section Info: *Students must register for either the ALP (producers) OR the ALR (reporters) lecture section and a discussion/lab section. Students registering for this section will be working on content for Good Morning Illini.
75691	Laboratory	ADL	3:00PM -5:50PM	W	Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Title: UI7 Newsroom - UI7 Live Section Info: *Students must register for either the ALP (producers) OR the ALR (reporters) lecture section and a discussion/lab section. Students registering for this section will be working on content for UI7 Live.
75690	Laboratory	ADS	4:00PM -6:50PM	M	Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Title: UI7 Newsroom - Sports Night Section Info: *Students must register for either the ALP (producers) OR the ALR (reporters) lecture section and a discussion/lab section. Students registering for this section will be working on content for Illini Sports Night.
75693	Laboratory	ADV	1:30PM -4:20PM	F	Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Title: UI7 Newsroom - En Vivo Section Info: *Students must register for either the ALP (producers) OR the ALR (reporters) lecture section and a discussion/lab section. Students registering for this section will be working on content for En Vivo.
75688	Lecture	ALP	9:30AM -11:20AM	T	Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: UI7 Newsroom - Producers Section Info: Registration by instructor permission. *Students must register for either the ALP (producers) OR the ALR (reporters) lecture section AND a discussion/lab section. Students in the ALP section will be working with production for one of the UI7 programs (based on the discussion section chosen). Speak with the instructor if you are not sure which discussion to register for.
77828	Lecture	ALR	11:30AM -1:20PM	T	Richmond Studio	Erdey, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: UI7 Newsroom - Reporters Section Info: *Students must register for either the ALP (producers) OR the ALR (reporters) lecture section AND a discussion/lab section. Students in the ALR section will be working as reporters for one of the UI7 programs (based on the discussion section chosen).
71965	Laboratory	CU	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Houston, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 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.
75689	Laboratory Lecture	PM1 PM1	8:00AM -9:20AM 8:00AM -9:20AM	T R	Gregory Hall Gregory Hall	Ledford, S Ledford, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: IPM Reporters Section Info: IPM Reporters: Students with training or experience in audio journalism are invited to apply to be a 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 www.ipmnewsroom.org, with the chance to produce stories for a national audience. Pre-requisite: JOUR 215 or instructor approval. If interested in this course, please complete the application at: https://bit.ly/ISNsp26. See here for more information: https://uofi.box.com/s/ofdf1uprkmkbf4prfpcgbglkm9g6oxk3 Meets with JOUR 400 PM2 (71966). Restriction(s): Restricted to Journalism major(s).
71966	Laboratory Lecture	PM2 PM2	8:00AM -9:20AM 8:00AM -9:20AM	T R	Gregory Hall Gregory Hall	Ledford, S Ledford, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: IPM Senior Reporters Section Info: IPM Senior Reporters: 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 www.ipmnewsroom.org, with the chance to produce stories for a national audience. Pre-requisite: JOUR 215 or instructor approval. If interested in this course, please contact the instructor regarding enrollment. Meets with JOUR 400 PM1 (75689). Restriction(s): Restricted to Journalism major(s).