This course will guide you through the basic elements of professional journalism and the news values and ethics of covering real-world issues and events. The overview and examples of the types of news coverage helps introduce the different types of journalism, such as social media, multimedia, print, visual and broadcast, and how professional journalists effectively use each format.
What is news?
What is news?
This course is part of Become a Journalist: Report the News! Specialization
Instructors: Joanne C. Gerstner
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There are 5 modules in this course
You will learn about the School of Journalism, our award-winning faculty and the world-class atmosphere of Michigan State University. We are a special place, where amazing things happen every day.
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4 videos1 discussion prompt
In every module of this course, we will go deeper into journalistic values and ethics. In many ways, these values are what distinguish journalism from the many other kinds of content. You will learn how to move beyond creating content to creating journalism through understanding and using these values.
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7 videos3 readings7 assignments2 discussion prompts
You will learn how to reach your audience and community as a journalist, by exploring news reports, interest and importance, and values and ethics.
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3 videos1 reading2 assignments1 discussion prompt
Understanding the ways journalism happens is just as important as knowing how to do it. There are many different types of journalism, as our world is filled with so many things to communicate about: sports, cars, celebrities, movies, war, business, real estate, pets, art...if you can name it, you can do journalism about it.
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6 videos1 reading5 assignments3 peer reviews1 discussion prompt
Journalists are working in new and exciting places such as social media. Technology has allowed the profession and journalists to do their jobs in innovative ways. You will learn about how technology impacts journalism, and best practices for blogs, Twitter, Instagram, Periscope, WeChat, Facebook and other realities of engaging in social media.
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It has been really useful and informative to learn from knowledgeable teachers, and very enriching to have classmates from such diverse places.
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Very good because it is taught about all the basics of journalists. Various case studies also train me to be able to think more with the mindset of a journalist. I highly recommend this class.
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As a beginning course in journalism, this has been a true experience for me. I learned more than I thought I would about ethics, professionalism, and how to be true to your story.
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