An introduction to the field of journalism, its standards, values and practices, as well as, key moments in the development of journalism in the United States.

Covers various reporting strategies, techniques and behaviors. Students build informational resilience through assessing credibility, staying current, relationship-building and audience understanding.

Explores the historical, technical and aesthetic aspects of news photography. Assignments cover control of exposure, light, motion and composition. Lab work includes training and use of 35mm cameras and basic knowledge of software to produce a variety of finished images. Emphasis on visual communication in the digital age. Cameras are available for assignments.

Students learn the basics of reporting and writing as well as the importance of accuracy, mastering interviewing skills and meeting deadlines. Report and write for web and print with focus on producing publishable content.

Learn to write and report well-balanced, comprehensive and visually compelling television news stories. Students draw on video photojournalism, audio and text reporting skills to create multidimensional news packages, with a special emphasis on video journalism.

Designed to help aspiring journalists explore the moral issues and dilemmas that they can expect to confront while working as professional journalists. Topics include, but are not limited to, truth-telling, conflicts of interest, promise-keeping, social justice, beneficence, avoiding harm and repairing harm. The topics are situated within normative theories of ethics.

Work experience in an area related to major supervised by an approved professional coupled with related academic work assigned. Approval of adviser and Internship Program Director required in advance of internship. May not substitute for a Journalism writing requirement. May be taken more than once to a maximum of three credits.

Learn the fundamentals of in-depth reporting: identifying possible stories; tracing the backgrounds of groups and individuals; obtaining and analyzing documents and data; cultivating human sources; and evaluating online sources -- all to hold the powerful accountable. Learn to make ethical decisions, improve your interviewing, reporting and writing techniques; find reliable experts; and organize and ensure the accuracy of your work.

Emphasizes feature writing and reporting, as well as how news organizations use freelancers and writers; how magazine writing differs from newspaper reporting and other media; how to improve and polish your writing to sell to or work on a magazine.

Editing principles and practices for print and online news publications. Editing copy, photos, charts and graphs; verification of information; writing headlines and captions. News judgment, wire services, backpack journalism, digital newsroom; digital production software.

Covers how newsstand, trade and online magazines work, how magazines use freelancers and writers, how magazine writing differs from newspaper reporting and other media, what excellence in magazine writing looks like and how students can focus, improve and polish their writing to sell to or work on a magazine.

Fundamentals of digital magazine design and production. Develop understanding of basic elements of publication design and critical skills through analysis of various design problems.

Principles and practices of television news management, including hands-on experience with television news producing, writing, assignment editing, managing reporting crews and ethical decision-making under deadline.

The origin and development of Journalism in the United States considered in relation to American political, social and economic history. Consideration of newspapers, magazines, the electronic media, and important figures within each field.

Apply all aspects of audio storytelling to the creation of a variety of program-length podcasts. Non-fiction and fiction podcast and storytelling techniques are explored based on student interest and career goals. Students also learn how to mix sound and export audio files for professional podcast distribution online. A hands-on learning environment where students work their podcasts from start to finish.

In this service-learning course, students engage with Marquette community partners to cover social justice issues. Students engage in a critical examination of the role of journalism in (re)producing, challenging and enabling social injustice in the United States.

Covers strategies and methods for advising yearbooks, newspapers, online news and features in the context of scholastic journalism and for teaching journalism. Includes developing student staff; planning, production and assessment of scholastic publications and online products; evaluation of journalism texts for secondary level; working with faculty, school administrators, school boards, parents; budgeting; advertising sales; using desktop publishing and current software.

Study of, and practice in, various areas of specialized work such as regional, small community, union, organization journalism, and the special interest press.

Advanced reporting and producing of news stories on a single topic that varies by semester.

Specific subjects of seminars to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. Variable topics.

Work experience and the opportunity for publication in area related to journalism. Supervised by an approved professional coupled with related academic work assigned. May not substitute for a journalism writing requirement. Can count toward the JOUR capstone experience. May be taken more than once to a maximum of three credits. 0 credit is SNC/UNC grade assessment; 1-3 credits is S/U grade assessment.

News reporting internship/co-op assisting professional journalists in ambitious projects as part of the nationally recognized O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism, based in the Diederich College of Communication. Students are selected each spring in a competitive process. Juniors and seniors in journalism, and communication graduates can apply.

Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Journalism.

Students identify and conduct in-depth reporting and research on topics of public interest. Emphasizes advanced reporting, writing techniques and instruction. Also explores marriage of audio, video and photography elements in modern story packages. Examines the contemporary media environment, including objectivity, equitable sourcing and the changing audience.

The application of rigorous methodology in developing and writing a thesis under the direction of an adviser.

Emphasizes feature writing and reporting, as well as how news organizations use freelancers and writers; how magazine writing differs from newspaper reporting and other media; how to improve and polish your writing to sell to or work on a magazine.

Editing principles and practices for print and online news publications. Editing copy, photos, charts and graphs; verification of information; writing headlines and captions. News judgment, wire services, backpack journalism, digital newsroom; digital production software.

Fundamentals of digital magazine design and production. Develop understanding of basic elements of publication design and critical skills through analysis of various design problems.

The origin and development of Journalism in the United States considered in relation to American political, social and economic history. Consideration of newspapers, magazines, the electronic media, and important figures within each field.

Covers strategies and methods for advising yearbooks, newspapers, online news and features in the context of scholastic journalism and for teaching journalism. Includes developing student staff; planning, production and assessment of scholastic publications and online products; evaluation of journalism texts for secondary level; working with faculty, school administrators, school boards, parents; budgeting; advertising sales; using desktop publishing and current software.

Advanced reporting and producing of news stories on a single topic that varies by semester.

Specific subjects of seminars to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. Variable topics.