JOUR 236 - Breaking News Reporting

Credits: 3

Prerequisite: JOUR 201. Breaking news is the fastest growing segment of journalism today, with the 24-hour news cycle dictating that stories evolve by minutes and hours, not days. This is where the journalism industry is seeing growth, and the ability to cover and write breaking news quickly is one of the most important skills in journalism today. In this course, students will build on the basic skills they learned in JOUR 201. The course will focus on developing the skills to report on planned and unplanned breaking news events and produce news content for all platforms, including social media, radio, TV, podcasts and online sources.