Indiana University School of Journalism

From bloggers to bullies to international revolutionaries, the internet has provided a forum and mode of speech and expression. The internet is ingrained in our daily life, but it’s not without risks. What problems have the internet and technology caused?

This class addresses issues in media law in these technological times. In this class, we will examine basic legal issues and problems that courts have seen or may see as more and more people and journalists take to the internet. Students will gain a better understanding of the different ways society and courts think about media law in the internet age, specifically touching on topics like defamation, privacy, and obscenity, as well as issues of cyber bullying, blogs, and student media.

In 1992, some 1,700 of the world’s leading scientists issued a document titled the “World Scientists Warning to Humanity” that said, “If not checked, many of our current practices … may so alter the living world that it will be unable to sustain life in the manner that we know.”

Nearly two decades later, the news is replete with stories about climate change, species extinctions, toxic pollution (inside and outside the human body), epidemics of environmentally induced diseases and conditions (especially in children) and other environmental disasters of unprecedented proportions, from autism to the BP oil spill. This course will examine how well the media meets its responsibility to enlighten citizens on the environmental challenges they face.

Are you interested in understanding the media coverage around current controversies associated with Islam and Muslims such as the “Ground-Zero” Park 51 Islamic Center debate and the “International Burn a Koran Day”? In this course we will explore how Muslims are presented in the media and the interaction between the coverage and its intended audience. We will discuss, with numerous examples of each, the rise of Islamophobia in America and in the West; and the spread of Westernophobia, fear of western influences, in the Muslim world.

Will not count toward Journalism major requirements.

News coverage of sexual orientation has been reduced to a few narrow issues, including gay marriage, the military, and hate crimes. Much of this coverage ignores the history and nuances of these debates and excludes large segments of the LGBT community. Utilizing a mix of mainstream and gay media along with prominent guest speakers, this course will examine: How are sexual minorities portrayed in the news? What is the evolution of sexual orientation in the news? Who determines what a ‘gay’ issue is, and how does that shape public opinion? Topics range from media “outings” to the desexualization of gay spokespeople to the emerging queer youth activist. The goal is to gain a greater understanding of complex issues and the relationship between sexual minorities and the media.

A study of the institutions that produce news and information about public affairs for the citizen of American mass society and problems about the selection of what is communicated. Case studies. International comparisons. Will not count toward journalism major requirements.

A workshop for nonmajors to improve writing skills and learn basic requirements of writing for publication. Instruction in market analysis and interpreting specific editorial requirements, in gathering and researching background materials, and in preparing manuscripts. Examination of various types and styles of published writing.

A workshop for nonmajors to improve writing skills and learn basic requirements of writing for publication. Instruction in market analysis and interpreting specific editorial requirements, in gathering and researching background materials, and in preparing manuscripts. Examination of various types and styles of published writing. Will not count toward journalism major requirements.

Survey of the institutions of journalism and mass communication, their philosophical foundations, history, processes, economic realities, and effects. This class is a robust introduction to journalism and mass communication in the United States today. It is a class for students interested in learning more about the role of media in American society and it serves as a prerequisite for further studies in the School of Journalism.

A ten-week online course emphasizing basic research techniques used by media writers to gather information for news releases, newspaper articles, magazine pieces, and other forms of journalistic-style writing. Skills covered include researching Internet and non-Internet sources. Ideally this course is taken concurrently with J 200.

ONLINE, Required orientation May 9, EP 220, 6-7 pm. Evening exams in Ernie Pyle hall. Must be completed before enrollment in J Advanced Skills courses.

This course emphasizes basic research techniques used by media writers to gather information for news releases, newspaper articles, magazine pieces, and other forms of journalistic-style writing. Skills covered include researching Internet and non-Internet sources.

Prerequisite: Member of the Media Living Learning Center. This course brings together students with shared academic and professional interests for events, speakers, readings and discussions about journalism and media in the 21st century. The primary goal is to establish a unique model of individual learning, a “College of One,” based on the value of experiences beyond the classroom.

Workshop on the mechanics of writing and editing. The course builds on the basics, focuses on the practical and strengthens your confidence as a practitioner.

Prerequisite: ENG-W 131 or its equivalent and fundamental computer skills. Working seminar stressing the creation of journalistic stories for diverse audiences. Students will learn to develop story ideas, gather information, combine visual and verbal messages, and to write and edit news.

12:40 pm – 2:30 pm, MTWR, EP 208,

P: ENG W131 or equivalent with C or better; attendance first week of classes required.

Working seminar stressing the creation of journalistic stories for diverse audiences. Students will learn to develop story ideas, gather information, combine visual and verbal messages, and to write and edit news.

Taught online through Oncourse Students will explore non-linear methods of storytelling and how Web-based tools can enhance their written work. In addition to building existing skills, they will use photography and embedded audio to create story packages for an online magazine.

ONLINE, Requires a special fee – in the Enrollment and Student Academic Information bulletin. Attendance first week of classes required. (Counts as either J advanced skills course or J elective.)

Students will explore non-linear methods of storytelling and how Web-based tools can enhance their written work. In addition to building existing skills, they will use photography and embedded audio to create story packages for an online magazine.

It seems that we live today in the paradoxical and connected world that globalization has created. This course will begin with an exploration of globalization’s historical foundations in colonialism and its highly contested meanings and definitions. Then, we will shift to the media’s place within social, political, and economic processes of globalization through considerations of global media ownership and production, media content, and media audiences. The global media addressed in course lectures and readings will include traditional and online news, advertising, public relations, and citizen-generated media.

Theories of visual communications including human perception, psychology of color, and principles of design. Application of those theories to photography, video, and graphic design in news communication.

The changing world of work means that people entering the job market can no longer rely on traditional job search methods such as on-campus interviews, job fairs, mass mailing of resumes and responding to postings. Most internships and jobs are now found by student-driven methods such as researching employers, networking, informational interviewing and proper follow-up. This course will help students become highly competitive applicants by developing professional etiquette, job search skills and career-related experience.

How do organizations mitigate reputation damage when they find themselves in the midst of public controversy? How do some assess and manage risks to avoid controversy in the first place? How do advocacy groups and corporate adversaries plan strategic communications to shape public debate on their issues? Answers to these questions are the focus of this eight-week course. Students will select issues of current interest, monitor organizations with stakes in these issues, analyze the communications and other relevant actions of these organizations, and integrate their analyses into a broad framework of crisis and issues management in public relations. Case-study issues could involve ongoing controversies (climate change, health care, education reform, alternative energy) or more sudden crises (fire or weather disasters, legal actions, product recalls, terrorism incidents).

Film and TV often portray journalists and the journalism profession. This class examines what these popular culture representations say about journalism, about journalists, and about the way our society values (or doesn’t value) the profession. We will also compare these representations to reality and examine the implications of these comparisons and disconnects.

Do the media occupy a “hot” space in audiences’ everyday lives? Without the media, how do we come to know the “who, what, where, when, and why” of newsworthy people and controversies in politics, economics, and entertainment?

The colorful images and words of newspapers, television news and online journalism have created a shared media culture with audiences across the world. Many people encounter the media in airports, cafes, classrooms, living rooms, gyms and in their cars. In the United States, it has become increasingly difficult to avoid or escape media. In this course, we will go behind the curtains of online information, newspaper pages, and television screens to gain a better understanding of how media shape the reality that we sometimes take for granted. This includes media coverage of war, politics and sports, and issues such as media privacy and bias.

Sports journalism chronicles the seemingly immortal prowess of the games’ brightest stars. It trumpets the titanic showdowns between the best of its gladiators. And, journalists do it all in an attempt to feed America’s insatiable appetite for sports. This course will explore the state and practice of sports journalism, through case studies of some of this decade’s most controversial sports stories. Were sports journalists fair? Did they report these stories with context? Did they explore the larger societal issues? Did they explore the economics behind these stories? Did they portray the characters in these sagas as real people? We will explore these issues through evaluating coverage, reading related texts and talking directly to prominent sports journalists, executives and athletes.

Taught via video conference from IUPUI.

This course will introduce students to sports and will take a macroscopic approach in discussing sports' societal influence. It will study sport from a socio-cultural-historical perspective as well as from a contemporary position. It will focus on the converging worlds of print journalism, electronic media, public relations, advertising, documentary, and emerging technologies as expressed in the new commercial reality of sport. Students will have mid-term and final exams and will also write critical analyses and a media journal.

Please contact the instructor for details, Anas Alahmed.

In today's world, design is literally all around us. This course will chart a course through the numerous design revolutions that gave life to the 20th Century, from Modern to Late Modern to Post Modern, and which continue to shape the world we share now. Beginning with the rise of industrial-influenced design in Britain in the early 19th Century, this course will provide students with a deep understanding of the crucial role leading-edge design plays in defining its age, allow them to become conversant with and learn the motivations behind the prevailing trends at any given period, and provide them with the means to reinterpret influential styles in their own work.

News coverage of sexual orientation has been reduced to a few narrow issues, including gay marriage, the military, and hate crimes. Much of this coverage ignores the history and nuances of these debates and excludes large segments of the LGBT community. Utilizing a mix of mainstream and gay media along with prominent guest speakers, this course will examine: How are sexual minorities portrayed in the news? What is the evolution of sexual orientation in the news? Who determines what a ‘gay’issue is, and how does that shape public opinion? Topics range from media “outing” to the desexualization of gay spokespeople to the emerging queer youth activist. The goal is to gain a greater understanding of complex issues and the relationship between sexual minorities and the media.

Sports Journalism will take a look at the history of covering sports, from the “'golden age” of sports writing to today. Special emphasis will be placed on the evolution of ESPN and similar sports networks and how sports coverage changed from highlight clips to half hour shows. The class also will cover 'new media' coverage of sports on the web and on social media sites and the development of 'bloggers' and other web-based writers as accredited media.

Taught via videoconference from IUPUI. Sports journalism chronicles the seemingly immortal prowess of the games’ brightest stars. It trumpets the titanic showdowns between the best of its gladiators. And, journalists do it all in an attempt to feed America’s insatiable appetite for sports. This course will explore the state and practice of sports journalism, through case studies of some of this decade’s most controversial sports stories. Were sports journalists fair? Did they report these stories with context? Did they explore the larger societal issues? Did they explore the economics behind these stories? Did they portray the characters in these sagas as real people? We will explore these issues through evaluating coverage, reading related texts and talking directly to prominent sports journalists, executives and athletes.

Taught via videoconference from IUPUI. Course is J152 at IUPUI.

Sports journalism chronicles the seemingly immortal prowess of the games’ brightest stars. It trumpets the titanic showdowns between the best of its gladiators. And, journalists do it all in an attempt to feed America’s insatiable appetite for sports. This course will explore the state and practice of sports journalism, through case studies of some of this decade’s most controversial sports stories. Were sports journalists fair? Did they report these stories with context? Did they explore the larger societal issues? Did they explore the economics behind these stories? Did they portray the characters in these sagas as real people? We will explore these issues through evaluating coverage, reading related texts and talking directly to prominent sports journalists, executives and athletes.

This course looks at the roles and contributions of women in the news—meaning both women who are newsmakers (prime ministers, secretaries of state, etc.) and women in the news industry. Students will examine the challenges women faced “breaking in” to the news business and the challenges that still remain. The course also will explore the unique concerns and opportunities that prominent women, in the news business and in politics and other fields, grapple with every day.

Prerequisite: sophomore standing. History and philosophy of laws pertaining to free press and free speech. Censorship, libel, contempt, obscenity, right of privacy, copyright, government regulations, and business law affecting media operations. Stresses responsibilities and freedoms in a democratic communications system.

Students learn the art and craft of journalistic reporting, writing, photographing, and editing for presentation on the Web. Emphases will include information-gathering for multiple media, organization of information for clarity, and appropriate style for Web-based distribution.

Prepare for job or internship searches. Polish your resume and portfolio. Learn how to write impressive cover letters. Practice interviewing skills. Understand how to articulate your abilities and experiences to market yourself to potential employers. Learn how to use campus resources and to network. Prepare a career action plan. May not earn credit for BAJ for J307 and ASCS-Q299, COLL/ASCS-Q400, SPEA-V352, BUS-X320, X-410 or X-420.

Emphasis on developing story ideas, identifying sources, organizing materials, planning, and outlining the story. Techniques for capturing the reader's interest.

Required introductory course for Advertising.Survey course about the field of advertising with a focus on its function as a means of communication. Learn how marketing, psychology, research, mass media, law and ethics are important to professionals working in the industry. Class will emphasize use of strategy to develop creative advertising.

Required introductory course for Public Relations.Survey course about the theory and practice of public relations. Examines public relations' function within organizations, its impact on publics and its role in society. Topics include the evolution of the field, the range of roles and responsibilities that public relations practitioners assume in a variety of settings, ethics, and significant issues and trends that have shaped the practice. Course provides a foundation for more advanced study in the field. Also useful for those planning another professional or managerial career that requires an understanding of public relations concepts and management practices.

This course explores how economic forces influence production of media content, particularly at U.S. organizations. It examines basic economic concepts, such as market and competition, as they relate to commercial media organizations. Special attention is paid to the effect of advertising and market considerations on news decisionmaking.

Techniques of gathering, analyzing, and writing news and features for newspapers. Practice in interviewing, observation, and use of documentary references that include computer information retrieval and analysis skills.

Techniques of gathering, analyzing, and writing material for specialized and general circulation magazines. Practice in interviewing, observation, and use of documentary references that include computer information retrieval and analysis skills.

Techniques of gathering, analyzing, and writing news and features for broadcast. Practice in interviewing, observation, and use of documentary references that include computer information retrieval and analysis skills.

This is an intermediate photojournalism course focusing on the basics of light, camera operation, and the use of the digital darkroom. It includes instruction in spot news and feature photography as well as instruction in ethics, privacy, and law.

Student must have their own camera.

Develop the professional writing skills expected of beginning public relations practitioners, including different approaches required for a variety of audiences and media. Focus on the basics of good writing as well as the art of writing. Brush up on AP style. Learn how to work effectively with clients.

Workshop in fundamentals of editing newspapers, including both individual and team projects. Emphasis on news judgment, fairness, accuracy, editorial balance, and language usage. Practice in writing news summaries, editing copy, writing headlines, laying out pages, and using computer editing technology.

Workshop in fundamentals of editing specialized and general interest publications. Individual and team functions are stressed. Attention is given to editorial voice and judgment, fairness, accuracy, and language usage. Practice in writing headlines and titles, layout, design, and use of computer editing technology.

Continuing workshop in reporting, writing, and editing for broadcast. Individual and team functions are stressed. Emphasis on news judgment, fairness, accuracy, editorial balance, and language usage. Practice in editing copy, audio and video tape.

Workshop on the role and function of the picture editor for the print and Internet news media. Theory and practice of picture editing skills including assigning, selecting, cropping, writing captions and blurbs, producing informational graphics, designing photo pages, editing by computer, and managing visual journalists. May be taken without J344 with instructor permission.

This course teaches professional level sound editing and writing for broadcast. All students publish three news stories through a local professional station. Students also have the opportunity to publish their final audio features at a professional level and with American Student Radio, a new, national broadcast and new media publication at the j-school. You have the whole semester to report, record, edit and submit this audio feature. National NPR reporters and producers teach five of the classes. Speakers regularly join us from NPR's All Things Considered, Radiolab and Weekend Edition Saturday. Audio Storytelling students are automatically qualified to enroll in Radio Innovation and take a larger role in American Student Radio.

Contact instructor Sarah Neal Estes if you have questions.

Requires one of the following with a C- or better: J201, J341, J342, J315, J455.

How can a journalist write for search engines? How can a journalist get more traffic to a blog? And how can a journalist make sure the content on a blog is relevant to the people who visit it? This class helps students blend both journalism and technical skills to get as close as possible to these crucial goals. Students will learn how to improve the relevancy of a blog’s design and content. They will learn how to write highly relevant content with keywords and phrases their online targeted audiences actually use. By doing so, they will learn how to go beyond merely “maximizing” traffic of a blog to actually making the blog delivers the right content in the right way to the right visitors at the right time. This class will help students understand the basic concepts of building a blog and writing for it in a way that enhances both content and search optimization.

Sports journalism chronicles the seemingly immortal prowess of the games’ brightest stars. It trumpets the titanic showdowns between the best of its gladiators. And, journalists do it all in an attempt to feed America’s insatiable appetite for sports. This course will explore the state and practice of sports journalism, through case studies of some of this decade’s most controversial sports stories. Were sports journalists fair? Did they report these stories with context? Did they explore the larger societal issues? Did they explore the economics behind these stories? Did they portray the characters in these sagas as real people?

We will explore these issues through evaluating coverage, reading related texts and talking directly to prominent sports journalists, executives and athletes.

Are you interested in writing about cutting-edge science topics, from global warming to evolution to intelligent design? Throughout the semester we will think creatively about science and cover stories that matter to a changing world. Understanding and communicating scientific concepts are highly demanded skills in both journalism and science related fields. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the basic skills and knowledge required of a science journalist. We will learn to communicate science effectively, translate scientific jargon for the general public, as well as discuss how science journalists influence news coverage of controversial scientific concepts.

Prerequisite: C- or above in one of the following: J341, J342, J351, J352 or J463; or significant magazine writing or design experience. Junior/senior standing. Registration by permission of instructor.

Students in this advanced class will produce a print and online magazine that covers intriguing people, places and moments in history in Southern Indiana. Students will report, write and edit stories, take photographs and design pages. The class will be limited in size. To apply, students should electronically submit a brief description of their magazine-related classes and experience along with a short explanation of why they’re interested in the course. Applications (no more than 250 words) should be sent to Nancy Comiskey.

"Data mining" is gaining in popularity among journalism outlets

because it reveals information that might otherwise remain hidden.

This class will help students learn how to use databases to uncover

and report on important trends and stories. No prior experience with

databases is required. The course will cover basic database concepts

and approaches and give students hands-on experience in database

design and use.

The course will examine the challenges and demands of reporting internationally. Issues we will look at include differences in home audience assumptions and expectations can influence foreign reporting, the personal and professional challenges of war and conflict reporting, investigative reporting abroad, and the relationship between foreign and domestic reporting. Requirements include a class presentation, profile of a foreign correspondent, and a news story localizing an international issue.

This class taught via videoconference from IUPUI. This course will introduce students to sports and will take a macroscopic approach in discussing sports’ societal influence. It will study sport from a socio-cultural-historical perspective as well as from a contemporary position. It will focus on the converging worlds of print journalism, electronic media, public relations, advertising, documentary, and emerging technologies as expressed in the new commercial reality of sport. Students will have mid-term and final exams and will also write critical analyses and a media journal.

This class taught via videoconference from IUPUI. This upper-level course will study sports journalism’s key policies, trends, and issues. It will examine sociological, political, legal, ethical, and technological issues in college and professional sports. It will focus on current events and controversies in the world of sports journalism. This course will discuss the symbiotic relationship between sport media and race, gender, doping, steroids, sexuality and homophobia, politics and nationalism, sports fans, loyalty, and violence, disability in sport, and other provocative issues. The class will include discussions in a seminar format integrating lectures, debates, and questions. Students will turn in critical analyses, a media journal, and will conclude the semester with a presentation and final paper or project.

J261 can be substituted for J110 as a prerequisite for Ernie Pyle Scholars.

Location: Journalism Annex, 321 N. Woodlawn, Room 100. Only one of J343, J342, and J341 is a required prerequisite. J261 can be substituted for J110 as a prerequisite for Ernie Pyle Scholars.

Topical course dealing with changing subjects and material from semester to semester. Course may be repeated once for credit. See instructor syllabi for details.

This class taught via videoconference from IUPUI. This upper-level course will study sports journalism’s key policies, trends, and issues. It will examine sociological, political, legal, ethical, and technological issues in college and professional sports. It will focus on current events and controversies in the world of sports journalism. This course will discuss the symbiotic relationship between sport media and race, gender, doping, steroids, sexuality and homophobia, politics and nationalism, sports fans, loyalty, and violence, disability in sport, and other provocative issues. The class will include discussions in a seminar format integrating lectures, debates, and questions. Students will turn in critical analyses, a media journal, and will conclude the semester with a presentation and final paper or project.

Requires one of the following with a C- or better: J341, J342, J343, or J349.

In this writing-intensive course, students will use social media to develop a public voice, a unique style of online writing and personal self-expression that is rooted in principled journalism. In today's media landscape, journalists are expected to use online social media tools to "join the conversation" and to genuinely engage with the "people formerly known as the audience." Developing a public voice in this social media landscape, where the lines between citizen and journalist are blurred, is important for 21st century journalists.

Students will gain a deep conceptual and practical understanding of what it takes to be a trusted socially networked journalist. Throughout the course, we will engage with active publics, with the goal of turning our often-private self-expression into new forms of journalistically principled public participation. By the end of the course, students will have cultivated a unique public voice through many new available journalistic practices, such as commenting, Web curation, status updating, Wiki contributions, micro-blogging, videocasts, and analytical blogging. Students will develop both followership and leadership expertise while sharpening and diversifying their reporting and writing skills.

Terry Hutchens, the instructor, is a sports writer for the Indianapolis Star and his beat is IU sports. This class will offer an overview of sports writing from its origins to its current status in the twenty-first century. The course will enable you to learn fundamentals of the sports writing process from information gathering and interviewing to writing and editing copy. You will gain skills necessary for working in today’s sport departments and will also learn how to critically analyze others’ articles. This class is about writing well and grammar counts! You must convey your story clearly, accurately and creatively.

This course will teach students the core skills required for professional web design (primarily HTML and CSS), introduce students to the framework of web-based visual and information communication, and better prepare them for self-promotion and communications work in the digital “new media” world.

Prerequisite: At lease sophomore standing. J210 with a grade of C- or better. Hands-on experiences in reporting, editing and presenting stories in images, sound and spoken word. Goes beyond basic skills with advanced cameras and software. Create projects including Podcast, Audio slideshow, web video, and Portfolio website to display projects.

Survey and analysis of how news and entertainment media represent issues of race and gender. History of women and people of color as media professionals and media consumers. Discussion of contemporary problems and potential solutions.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor can substitute for J353. Preparation and presentation of news for television. Practice in writing, reporting, filming, and editing news for TV. TV writing problems; use of photographs, film, and videotape; problems of sound in TV news; ethical problems of the TV film reporter and editor.

Study and practice in using techniques of social science and traditional methods of investigative reporting. Class will plan, write and edit news stories in depth.

Professor French and Professor Kelly are trying a unique journalism approach this spring called Depth Journalism: Words and Pictures. It’s actually two courses. Jim Kelly will offer J 460 Depth Photojournalism and Tom French will offer J 401 Depth Reporting & Editing. Each photographer in Depth Photojournalism will be paired with a reporter from Depth Reporting and Editing to form reporting teams. Together these two person teams will brainstorm and research story ideas, conduct interviews and attend events. By the end of the semester, each team will have jointly produced multimedia stories that combine the talents of two journalists contributing words and pictures. The two classes will join up on Wednesdays so that the reporting teams can provide the entire group with updates on the stories they are pursuing.

Corequisite: J425 and J453. Laboratory or field experiences for prospective journalism teachers at the middle school or high school level. May be repeated. Graded S or F only.

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Students study the law relating to the content of news media and the processes by which that content is created. Discussion includes the legal issues triggered by story framing, selection of sources, interviewing, photography, and access to information. The course involves reading and research using primary legal materials.

Research seminar that examines techniques and processes used in managing media organizations. Through discussions, case analysis, and group projects, the course explores organizational missions and social responsibilities, market analysis techniques, personnel management issues, and budgeting.

12:45 pm – 2 pm, Daily, EP 214, P: JOUR-J300 with C- or better and senior standing.

Examination of the functions and impact of the mass media in society with primary focus on the United States. Discussion of the values of media organizations and the professional and ethical values of journalists. Critical analysis of the relationship of the media and society and the effect of political, economic, and cultural factors on the operation of the media.

Prerequisite: Senior standing. Examination of the functions and impact of the mass media in society with primary focus on the United States. Discussion of the values of media organizations and the professional and ethical values of journalists. Critical analysis of the relationship of the media and society and the effect of political, economic, and cultural factors on the operation of the media.

First, becoming prepared as a journalist to critically report on business topics .How to approach the gathering, framing, and interpretation of business information. Business issues faced by journalism organizations will be assessed. Application to the evolving journalism career landscape.

In-depth explanation of the nonfiction magazine article field. Examination of trends and problems in nonfiction writing for both general and specialized magazines. Criticism of student articles written for publication. Seminar sessions with editors and freelance writers.

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Structure and function of international communication systems and barrier to flow of information among nations. Emphasis on gathering and disseminating information around the world. Study of the major newspapers of the world, international news agencies, and international broadcasting and satellite networks.

A study of literary forms and techniques used in journalism. Topics to be considered include formal considerations such as voice and structure, reporting methods, and ethical issues. Students will supplement reading with writing experimental pieces of their own.

Professor Hans Ibold will guide students through the world of social media and new technologies. The class includes attending South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, where students attend conference sessions with professionals on the bleeding edge of new media innovation, meet high-profile journalists and new media professionals, and explore the local art and music.

Travel over spring break is a required component of this course. Travel for this course is dictated by the dates of the SXSW conference; please note that some days of regular coursework will be missed.

Prerequisite: journalism major in good standing. Covers the life and times of Ernie Pyle. The class will include Spring Break travel to Europe, and will be led by Professor Owen V. Johnson, an Ernie Pyle historian. The week in Europe will include travel to London, Normandy and Paris. Students will visit the Imperial War Museum, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Cabinet War Rooms, historic Omaha and Utah beaches, the American cemetery and Mont-Saint-Michel.

Travel over spring break is a required component of this course.

Journalism major in good academic standing. Competitive admission, requires application. By permission of department only. Topical course integrating classroom and field experience. Includes 10-day field experience during term. Field experience will change based on topic. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

Prerequisite: junior/senior standing and application.

Permission only. Limited to Journalism majors, application due Oct. 1. The role of public relations as an integral part of country and agency integrated marketing campaigns is explored within the context of the global industry of tourism and communications needs and opportunities. Tourism economics will be examined along with an exploration of cultural distinctions that are critical to effective communications and planning. A travel experience component of the course will be focused on Italy over the spring semester break to provide a case study of tourism communication, interactions with government tourist boards, and additional contributing elements developing communication plans.

By permission only. Limited to Journalism majors.

Professor Joe Coleman will join students on a reporting mission to Japan. Focusing on working with survivors of the atomic bombs, travel will include Tokyo and Hiroshima. Students will learn about the media issues surrounding reporting abroad, covering major international issues, informing international audiences and localizing international issues for a domestic audience.

Travel over spring break is a required component of this course.

Professor Lars Willnat will help students explore the differences between the western-style free press and state-sponsored media in China. Students will develop a better understanding of the history, functions and current state of media in China. Over spring break, students will visit Beijing, explore Chinese media organizations, meet with Chinese journalism students, and experience Chinese culture first-hand.

Travel over spring break is a required component of this course.

Professor Bonnie Brownlee will help students explore the media environment in Latin America, and specifically Chile. Students will spend the semester studying issues in an assigned country, and then will together explore the media environment in Santiago in May, including meeting their Chilean counterparts.

Travel after the spring semester, May 8-18,2012, is a required component of this course. However, this is still a spring semester course.

Permission only. Limited to Journalism majors, application due Oct. 1. Take a walkabout in the Australian Outback, exploring the Dreamtime stories of the past at Uluru and the Aboriginal media of today in Sydney and Alice Springs. Learn how indigenous cultures approach gathering and disseminating news.

Must have at least junior standing.

May 21-June12 travel to Eldoret and Nairobi, Kenya.

Cost is: $2,000.

Application required.

By permission only.

Prerequisite: At least junior standing. A four-credit-hour course designed to help undergraduates understand and appropriately use available cutting-edge technology to create innovative, yet effective news coverage. Students will learn about emerging forms of journalism through a unique new media and technology course that fosters critical and creative thinking needed for competitive news reporting and production. During Spring Break 2009, students will travel to Seoul, South Korea, the fifth largest city in the world. Students will meet journalists, mass communication professionals and professors from the area.

Intensive practice in producing effective advertising concepts, copy, and design prototypes for newspaper, magazine, direct mail, outdoor, radio, television, and converged campaigns.

This course examines the nature of public opinion in contemporary American politics. We will discuss how to conceptualize and measure public opinion, where opinions or attitudes “come from,” how people arrived at a vote choice on Election Day, the role of the media in the formation of public opinion, and whether public opinion affects policymaking. In so doing, we will explore whether the roles and functions that opinion surveys and other indicators of public opinion have assumed in American politics are appropriate to their limitations as channels of public opinion. One overarching goal is to help you become a more discerning consumer of public opinion data, so that when you encounter references to public opinion in the news or in a campaign or in politics generally, you will be able to evaluate whether these references are truthful, incomplete, fraudulent, etc.

Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of journalism. Corequisite: J403. Lectures, projects and discussion on legal and ethical aspects of advising school media and on designing, producing and financing school-produced student media, including print, broadcast and online media. Required for Education 2nd concentration.

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.

Theories and principles relevant to public relations research and strategic planning, including development of goals and objectives, client relationships, budgets, and research methods.

How to develop a campaign proposal to meet a client's business objectives and how to pitch it. Part of the course focuses on media relations and crisis communications training.

This seminar focuses on how a nonprofit organization creates images, and how it shapes its programs and goals to gain public support. Assignments and readings are designed to foster a practical understanding of promotional techniques and campaigns using journalistic and other media.

This seminar focuses on how a nonprofit organization creates images, and how it shapes its programs and goals to gain public support. Assignments and readings are designed to foster a practical understanding of promotional techniques and campaigns using journalistic and other media.

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Seminar in current developments in advertising as an economic and social force. Examines contemporary issues in the profession. Students will conduct independent and original research projects.

Advanced techniques of reporting and interpreting news with photography. Practice in news, sports, features, photographic essays, color photography, electronic imaging, and studio illustration.

Prerequisite: At least junior standing. American social-intellectual history integrated with the story of news media development, emphasizing the historical relationship of the mass media to American social, economic, and cultural patterns and developments. Origin, growth, shortcomings, and achievements of media. Impact of society on the media and vice versa.

Corequisite: J403. Prequisite: EDUC-W 200, EDUC-P 255, EDUC-M 300, EDUC-H 340 and EDUC-M 314. Permission of instructor required. Examination of the methods, techniques, content, and materials applicable to the teaching of journalism at the middle school or high school level. Experience provided to assess ongoing programs in schools and to study materials appropriate for these programs.

Techniques for understanding, analyzing, and reporting on complex events and issues. Development and refinement of skills and techniques for writing news analysis, editorials, and opinion articles.

This class provides hands-on experience in planning, developing, creating, and evaluating persuasive brand communication campaigns that coordinate the disciplines of advertising, public relations, direct marketing, digital, Internet, and social media. The IMC approach highlights the contemporary practice of building brands, marketing products, and helping to shape public opinion by focusing on well defined and targeted marketing segments rather than the exclusive use of mass-marketing tactics. The student will participate in developing integrated communication campaigns by planning and executing creative concepts and messages targeted to consumers through the most effective and efficient media channels. The goal of integrated marketing communication is to build quantifiable long-term brand and shareholder value demonstrating a return on communication investment.

Citizens and nations call upon science and technology to win wars, cure disease, generate energy, preserve the environment and much more. Many political issues revolve around science and technology and the social changes they may bring. Because citizens need to understand these issues better, journalists need to do a better job of explaining them. Students in this course will examine science and technologies that are important to society and how such importance is best communicated to key audiences. After a review of basic science writing principles, each student will choose a scientific issue or area to delve into deeply for much of the term (for example, radiation from failed nuclear power plants). Students will develop a number of pieces in their chosen area, giving the course a strong measure of individualization. Rhetorical differences will be explored as students advance their science writing skills in a mixture of forms, with various purposes, for multiple audiences. Potential audiences include professional groups, government and mass media.

By instructor permission only. (cr. 3) Requires: C- or better in one of the following: J 341 Newspaper Reporting, J 342 Magazine Reporting, J 343 Broadcast News or J-344 Photojournalism Reporting and one of the following: Audio Storytelling 1, Multi-media Storytelling, Creating an Indiana Magazine, Story Mechanics, Narrative Journalism.

Students who miss a class the first week will be dropped from the course. This is a continuing workshop in writing and editing audio stories.

Professional level storytelling and audio editing skills are stressed, and photo, sound or video editing experience is highly recommended.

Each student produces one audio story and pitches it to a professional venue. All stories from last year’s Audio Storytelling 1 course were accepted for publication. Students are also given local and national professional networking opportunities.

Prerequisite: J341, J342, or J343 with a C- or better.

Students in this class will focus on reporting stories as they break, following the work methods of wire services and online news outlets. We will begin by examining the growing importance of speed in news writing and delivery, and the logistical and ethical implications of the 24-hour news cycle. Students will learn how to write spot news stories and how to cover events as they unfold, in classroom simulations and in the real world. We will also learn how to develop feature stories and profiles from breaking developments.

Some say journalism’s funding model is broken and can no longer support the effort needed to cover the news. This class will take a hard look at today’s journalism environment and explore alternatives to the corporate media model.

In addition to studying and investigating different models of journalism, students will be getting first-hand experience in what has been called “grassroots,” “community” and “citizen” journalism by working at WFHB Community Radio in Bloomington. Students will be investigating and reporting on important community issues as part of the WFHB news staff. Community Journalism is a recognized IU service-learning class.

WFHB has a volunteer news and public affairs staff; reporting and producing several hours of local news programming each week. Even with a non-paid news department, WFHB has won more Society of Professional Journalists awards than almost any radio station in the state over the past few years.

J460 Community Journalism will provide hands-on experience, using the latest digital technology in news-gathering and presentation. WFHB presents a daily, half-hour local newscast as well as five separate hour-long public affairs programs, including programs targeting African-Americans, GLBT, and Hispanic communities. WFHB is a leader in news podcasting, with its programs regularly being downloaded around the world.

For more information, contact the instructor, Mike Conway.

P: at least Junior Standing. J460 is a course about how wars, acts of terrorism, and humanitarian interventions are reported by the global news media. Taught by Professor Steve Raymer, a journalist who has covered conflict on four continents, the courses explores the following topics: The evolution of war reporting by examining the work of pioneering correspondents and their often-romanticized efforts to convey news to the public from far-flung battlefields; the Vietnam War as a watershed in the history of war reporting; military operations in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan as tools of foreign policy and how these operations can help us understand the “U.S. way of war;” the history of an ongoing struggle between a free press and militaries and governments; the development of propaganda during wars over the past 150 years and the perspective that reporters, editors, and publishers who have sometimes tailored the news to fit their political agendas; why many ongoing wars receive little or no attention in world media; the impact of technology on diplomacy and society — technology that allows real-time reporting from battlefields in even the most remote parts of the world; the psychological and physical danger faced by war correspondents and the effects of witnessing trauma; terrorism as a specialized form of conflict reporting; how to spot and avoid stereotyping in reporting acts of terrorism; humanitarian interventions and the moral demands these ask of journalists, and the laws of war and the responsibility of correspondents to understand and report on the ethical, legal, and humanitarian dimensions of the conflicts that they witness.

Prerequisite: At least junior standing. Almost every organization, whether it’s a for-profit business or nonprofit association, deals with reputation-damaging crises. Organization managers and public relations professionals must know how to handle crises effectively to maintain the organization’s credibility. This course takes a real-life, real-time approach to handling crisis communication. During the eight-week course, students will participate in an ongoing mock crisis drill and be placed in realistic situations each class meeting. Participants will develop detailed crisis plans, handle damage control and learn to deal with the unexpected twists and turns in this challenging communication environment. Activities include on-camera interviews, press material development and learning to speak to multiple constituencies. Upon completion of the course students will know how to take steps before, during and after a crisis to help their organizations communicate effectively. Course will be taught by a public relations executive who is experienced in handling crises for clients in business, nonprofits and government.

Professor French and Professor Kelly are trying a unique journalism approach this spring called Depth Journalism: Words and Pictures. It’s actually two courses. Jim Kelly will offer J 460 Depth Photojournalism and Tom French will offer J 401 Depth Reporting & Editing. Each photographer in Depth Photojournalism will be paired with a reporter from Depth Reporting and Editing to form reporting teams. Together these two person teams will brainstorm and research story ideas, conduct interviews and attend events. By the end of the semester, each team will have jointly produced multimedia stories that combine the talents of two journalists contributing words and pictures. The two classes will join up on Wednesdays so that the reporting teams can provide the entire group with updates on the stories they are pursuing.

Prerequisites: Journalism Multimedia Storytelling and instructor permission.

The course teaches students how to visualize scientific processes for a mass audience. Class members will collaborate with other students and faculty across campus in the area of health and medicine, science, informatics as well as social sciences. The course’s hands-on nature will incorporate shooting video and creating animations using a variety of software and equipment. Students will manage content on an interactive website that highlights research being conducted on campus and beyond.

Prerequisite: junior/senior standing. A reading and research seminar in which students study print and broadcast coverage of the Civil Rights Movement and carry out original research projects on some aspect of the media’s relationship to the movement, with an emphasis on the African American press, movement media, and active efforts by movement organizations to shape mainstream coverage. Projects would draw on manuscript collections (e.g., SNCC papers), oral histories, and primary texts (newspapers, magazines, video). J 460 may be repeated twice for credit with different topics.

P: Junior or Senior standing

After the 9/11 attacks, Islam and Muslims feature regularly in news, politics and conversations in the United States and across the globe. This course will allow students to critically understand the nuances of Islam as a religion and the gendered lives of Muslims around the world. Students will be introduced to the diversity in the Muslim community, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the role of media in fostering Islamophobia – fear of Islam outside the Muslim world and Westernophobia – fear of western influences in the Muslim world. Students will learn how to represent Muslims and Islam accurately in their journalistic writing through critical analysis of media messages in terms of their content, target audiences and possible consequences. Media messages will include examples from traditional and online news, advertising and citizen-generated media.

This advanced reporting and writing class will teach students how to craft narratives that combine classic journalistic skills with timeless storytelling strategies. We will cover how to report for dialogue and detail and scene, how to practice invisibility as you immerse yourself inside your subjects’ lives, how to identify a structure inside the chaos of your notes, how to assemble an account that sings with the vivid power of what you’ve witnessed in the field. We will learn how to use these skills quickly on breaking stories and how to practice them in greater depth for profiles and magazine pieces.

Introduction of the basic tools of photographic illustration for advertising, public relations, and editorial illustration. There course will involve lecture, discussion, studio, location, and laboratory work to produce digital still (and possibly video) images for commercial, advertising, and editorial content for print and web. Emphasis on concept generation and studio and location lighting. The course includes photographic approaches to environmental portraiture, groups, institutions, homes, fashion, products, and still life as the basic entrepreneurial skills and practices needed to succeed as a freelance photographer.

The course also requires a capstone project for student portfolios. Professor Raymer brings to the course more than 40 years of experience as a visual journalist and photographer, including 24 years as a National Geographic staff photographer and many years of work as a freelance for clients ranging from health care to automotive companies.

This course is the think tank for American Student Radio, a new, national broadcast and new media publication. Students work to discover new, innovative ways to produce and promote brilliant, balanced and useful online journalism. In this course, students choose a role in planning, improving and sustaining entire show formats - topic/content plans (sports, music, entertainment, feature writing and news), reporter org charts, on air talent, engineering, marketing plans, online layout, photography, everything. Students will study and analyze current online media and work directly with national professionals - from Rolling Stone, to National Public Radio, to ESPN.

Course provides students with training in the coverage of the arts. Writing assignments range from feature articles to news to criticism for the journalistic media. Course includes coverage of issues revolving around the arts and society. Of value also to those who plan to write about the arts for promotion or development purposes. Close attention is given to information gathering and writing. Good opportunity for a student to sharpen writing skills in an area of special interest

The use of social media as complementary components of communications programs developed by corporations and public relations agencies is becoming more prevalent, more creative, and for many an increasingly effective element within integrated marketing campaigns. Beyond the communication opportunities, social media are also used as research tools for ongoing measurement of a campaign’s effectiveness and as means through which to establish a continuing dialogue with the media. This course explores strategic considerations for when/how to select social media to shape perceptions, create product/brand awareness, and their application for interaction with important publics.

This course will study sports journalism’s historical and current controversies, scandals and compelling issues. It will approach sport from a socio-cultural perspective, and will incorporate and apply theory to diverse situations. Specifically, class will examine economic, ethical, legal, and technological issues within the sport media industry. It will evaluate and judge how journalists have covered events, issues and individuals in sport, from the Chicago Black Sox trial to Penn State's recent tragedy. It will also explore sports journalists’ ethical and legal rights and responsibilities in a democratic society. Additionally, the course will address the journalist/source relationship, media messages’ impact and economic influences. It will combine lectures, class discussions and debates, and guest speakers’ visits that increase critical thinking, oral and written communication skills.

P: J341, J342, or J343 and instructor permission required.

This advanced reporting and writing class will hone narrative skills through intensive coaching. In a workshop setting, French will critique stories in class and will meet one-on-one with students to help develop their stories for publication, either in print or online. Due to the extensive amount of individualized coaching, this will be a small class, with room for only a handful of students. To apply, submit three stories published or written for another class and a brief (no more than one page) description of why you’d like to take this course to Tom French.

Topic: Conflict, Terrorism, and Humanitarian Intervention. J261 can be substituted for J110 as a prerequisite for Ernie Pyle Scholars.

Topic: Sports Journalism Research: Money and Collegiate Sports. Taught via videoconference from IUPUI.

Surveys twentieth-century photography as a medium of art and communication. Considers portraiture, landscape, still life, the nude, conceptual photography, the social documentary tradition, the magazine picture story, fashion, advertising, and war photography. Examines the impact of post modern theories on photographic practice and the understanding of photography.

This graphic design course incorporates electronic photo editing, graphics, and page design. Students are instructed in design theory, computer publishing skills, and creative problem solving.

Permission of instructor can substitute for class prerequisite.

This course builds a foundation of knowledge about the visual display of quantitative data and the ethical issues in graphs and maps. Students put this knowledge into practice by creating graphs, maps and explanatory diagrams in Adobe Illustrator for print publication and in Flash for motion graphics.

This advanced design course builds on Graphic Design I and incorporates advanced work in color, type design, computer illustration, creative problem solving, and an introduction to production.

Seminar on problems of communicating news through aural and visual channels. Application of communications theory to broadcast news and public affairs presentations. Study of effects of format, verbal content, nonverbal content, and presenter on communications process.

Capstone, clinical experience that models the professional practices and service offerings of world-class integrated marketing communication media agencies. Implement public relations/advertising services for real clients through service learning. Professional skills, proficiencies, and best practices through hands-on learning. May be repeated once for credit.

Prerequisite: prior approval of internship coordinator; journalism majors only; graded course. Taught through Oncourse.

Supervised professional experience in communications media. May be repeated, but a student may take no more than 3 credit hours total of internship credit for the B.A.J. degree, either through journalism or any other academic unit.

Prerequisite: consent of the School of Journalism undergraduate dean. This non-credit course is for journalism students studying off campus temporarily as part of the B.A.J. degree program.

Prerequisite: consent of the School of Journalism dean. Planning of research project during year preceding summer abroad. Time spent in research abroad must amount to at least one week for each credit hour granted. Research paper must be presented by end of semester following foreign study.

Prerequisite: consent of the School of Journalism dean. Opportunity for independent reading, research, and experimentation on relevant issues in mass communications. Work with faculty member on individual basis. (May take twice for a total of 4 credits. No more than 3 credits at one time.)