Media Relations 3 Practical study and experience in successful strategies for agencies, organizations, businesses, ministries and mission organizations as they pursue balanced media coverage and respond to requests for interviews, data or other questions aimed at publication or broadcast on various deadlines. Ethics of media relations practice from a Christian world-view are applied to the media marketplace through discussion and project-driven experience. Notes: Fee: $10. 1 Practical study and experience in successful strategies for making the step from academia to journalism and public relations careers. Students interact with working professionals through guest lectures, media tours and mock job interviews, examining the maturity of their gifts and skills and whether they have the readiness needed for effective participation in journalism, public relations, or other media environments — whether as an intern or a new employee. The course also helps students examine steps needed to prepare for graduate school, law school, and church or missions-related ministry as options naturally following their journalism preparation. Media Career Readiness Journalism Practicum 1 Portfolio course in which students produce professional-level work in two of the following campus media: newspaper, magazine, public relations, television, radio or Web media connected with a campus media outlet. Work in the practicum is designed as a springboard to competitive application for internships and career-entry in media and media-related ministry. The Journalism Practicum must be repeated three times. It is not recommended that students take Practicum units simultaneously (in one semester). One of the practicum semesters must be Media Leadership as preparation for the department’s Leadership Competency Portfolio Review. Students are urged to complete their two non-leadership practicum semesters in two separate areas of media. Journalism Practicum is open to students who have completed First Year Seminar and two other semesters of Journalism coursework at Biola or in a similar program approved by the chair of the Journalism Department. Notes: Fee: $10. 3 Practical study and experience in successful strategies for covering youth, varsity and professional sports for deadline news media (print, broadcast and Web). The course will emphasize techniques for interviewing, reporting and writing Sports Journalism about sports for print and online media, but will include elements applicable to video and audio components of a convergent approach to sports journalism. Ethics of sports journalism practice from a Christian world-view are applied to the media marketplace through discussion and project-driven experience. Prerequisites: 106, 107, 231. Notes: Fee: $10. JOUR 225 and 233 are recommended. 3 Deadline production for the Web using news, features and sports reporting approaches. Students learn techniques for effectively combining writing, still photos, video clips, audio files, and interactive media elements to produce contextual coverage of breaking events and trends affecting the Biola campus and / or the surrounding region. Students rotate responsibilities for various pieces of the convergent product. Prerequisites: 106, 107, 231. Notes: Fee $20. Convergent Production
Religion, Culture & Media 3 An overview of the interplay of faith and journalism within urban and rural cultures in the United States. Students examine the ways media — Christian and secular — have told, and currently tell, the stories of people of faith and faith communities. The course emphasizes cross-cultural, racially diverse encounters for students, interaction of their Christian world view with those of differing beliefs, and examination of journalistic approaches that are appropriate to truth-telling about the work of God in the world. Students’ work in the course involves field observation in Southern California and emphasizes research, discussion, basic interviewing, writing and storytelling through Web media. Prerequsites: 106, 107 or permission of the instructor. Notes: Fee: $10. 3 Exploration of aesthetics and design with emphasis on copy editing and marking skills necessary for quality presentation of material in newspapers, magazines, newsletters and other journalistic venues. Extensive practice of copy editing with attention to style, grammar, punctuation, writing headlines, cutlines, selection of type, use of color and art. Prerequisite: 106. Notes: Fee: $50. Principles & Practices of Editing & Design Magazine & Free-Lance Writing 3 Principles of writing for targeted audiences that win readers and editors at niche and mainstream magazines. Students move articles from inception to querying through the revision processes of medium and long-form features and in-depth article writing. Course includes elements of business self- management, budgeting and copyright guidelines. 3 Students learn basic techniques of broadcast news-writing, video shooting, editing and production. Classes consist of lecture / discussion and guidance in project work for telling visual and / or audio stories adapted to traditional broadcast settings as well as Web audiences. Prerequisites: 106, 107. Notes: Fee: $25. Introduction to Broadcast Journalism Intermediate Broadcast Production 3 Students learn principles and practical application of television directing and the aspects of production that determine aesthetic quality. Techniques and concepts of video field reporting, production and video editing are introduced. Lecture, discussion, and projects give particular emphasis to developing critical and analytic abilities, and realizing practical applications of media ethics and aesthetics. Notes: Fee: $80. Introduction to Photojournalism 3 Explores reporting and documentation through the visual medium of still images. Students photograph assignments under working press conditions and advance their skills using the SLR camera. Prerequisite: 225. Notes: Fee: $80. 3 Examines the trends in publication design as they impact newspapers, magazines, newsletters, Internet publications, books and more. It is expected that students have a basic ability with the Adobe Suite of products. Emphasis is on the design of cohesive multi-page publications. Examines editorial operations, production procedures, and the role of the art / design director. In the class’ workshop setting, students are familiarized not only with theoretical ideas but also with practical considerations of publication design. Prerequisite: 249. Fee:$35. Publication Design
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Information Gathering & Database Analysis Laboratory, lecture and discussion course in advanced principles of identifying news, its sources and the connection of issues with trends. Course emphasizes in-depth
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(documentary- style) interviewing, variable deadline writing, introductory use of and analysis of online and retrievable databases, and other online resources for journalism and public relations. Notes: Fee: $20.
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