An introduction to news media management focusing on start-up, design and operation of on-line newspapers and magazines. This course takes an intensive look at the editorial content, advertising, business and management side of journalism. Lecture, two hours per week; laboratory, two hours per week.
In this course students will learn how to produce, shoot, edit, anchor and write a weekly, 30-minute sports show. Areas of emphasis include producing, writing and reporting. This class will deepen the student's understanding of what is required to work in the sports news industry. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, three hours per week.
Students in this class produce a half-hour, TV newscast shown on a cable channel to homes in the Lexington-Fayette County DMA. Students will hone their writing skills and their proficiency in shooting and editing video, serving as producers, writers, videographers, reporters and anchors. May be repeated for up to six hours credit, with permission of instructor. Lecture, one hour per week; laboratory, four hours per week.
A hands-on practice of photojournalism focusing on news and sports photography. Students will photograph, edit and caption assignments using current digital cameras and software.
FAA Part 107 remote pilot licensing preparation and photography, filming, broadcasting and reporting using remote aerial technologies.
Short-form visual storytelling and reporting for the web, social media and other forms of digital communication using combinations of photographs, words, audio, and video created and/or distributed with mobile devices. This course has a $15 per credit hour course fee.
Short-form visual storytelling and reporting for the web, social media and other forms of digital communication using combinations of photographs, words, audio, and video created and/or distributed with mobile devices. This course has a $15 per credit hour course fee.
A study of the legal and ethical issues facing journalism. The course will focus on the rights, constraints and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution, federal and state statutes, administrative law, common law and voluntary codes of ethics. This course satisfies the GCCR requirement for the Journalism major.
This course is designed to teach students to code and display text and visual information effectively on the Internet and to understand the application of professional practices in Web site analytics and management. Visual communication theory and practice for photographs, illustrations, graphical and text elements will be taught and highlighted, in addition to the basics of HTML and CSS.
This course surveys various media systems in the contemporary world with a particular focus on the key political, economic, cultural and philosophical factors that underlie these systems. It explores the spirit and practice of journalism in the major regions/nations of the world, and will provide students with the necessary analytical tools to understand complicate issues concerning global media and communication.
