Class Projects
At the School of Journalism, we are proud of students’ course work and offer much of it for public view on this Web site. Class work ranges from online magazines produced by students in introductory classes to graduate-level photojournalism projects to print and online publications.
We also post links to the work of broadcast students whose coursework or extra activities include television and radio reporting and production. Several professors network with community groups to devise projects with real-world goals and clients; others take their students off-campus for reporting on regional and national events.
Here’s a sampling of student class projects:
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| Students in J460 Crisis Communications donned hard hats as they re-enacted the Sago mine disaster. |
- Bloomington Volunteers, videos from J520 Video Storytelling, Fall 2007;
- Finding the Personal in the Political, stories by J200 Reporting and Editing I students;
- Bloomington Source, Summer 2007, an ongoing ezine produced by J201 Reporting and Editing II students;
- Bloomington Source, Spring 2007, an ongoing ezine produced by J201 Reporting and Editing II students;
- Bloomington Tree Barkers, an ezine by students in J501 Public Affairs Reporting;
- Blood, Sweat and Tears, an ezine by students in J501 Public Affairs Reporting;
- Obsessions, an ezine by students in J342 Magazine Reporting;
- Community SOS, a Web site by students in J560 Intensive Reporting and Editing Workshop.
- Students in Winslow Visiting Professor Jim Bright’s J428 Public Relations Planning class worked with community organizations to develop public relations campaigns, then presented their work to clients who ultimately had to select one team’s project. Read a news story about the final days of the project.
- Why does a journalism student need to don a heavy-duty yellow hard hat? When he or she is in J460 Crisis Communications class and is part of a re-enactment of the West Virginia Sago mine disaster. Students acted as mining company public relations professionals, government officials and reporters as they explored the communications challenges. Read about the class project.
Reporting off campus:
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| Photo by Suzannah Evans |
| Graduate student Amanda Robert surveys wreckage in Waveland, Miss., a town destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. |
- Students in J501 Public Affairs Reporting traveled to the Gulf Coast region in Fall 2005 to report on hurricane devastation. Read a news story about the project and click on the links to read students’ reports.
- Students often study abroad and some use their time in other countries to complete independent study projects. Read one student’s account of his travels to Burma and Thailand.
- In Fall 2006, students in J501 Public Affairs Reporting looked at the impact of casino gambling on a small town in southern Indiana. Check out this link to read their articles about French Lick and click on the links to read the class Web site.
Real world practicum:
J460 Integrated Marketing Communications begins Fall 2007 for juniors and seniors wishing to experience a real-world agency setting. Qualified juniors and seniors will work with local clients in a professional environment, providing advertising, public relations and marketing services. Read more about this new program.
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