Biola University 2014–15 Catalog
evidence of professionalism, innovation and excellence—crucial to success in gaining competitive internships in top media marketplaces. All students must complete two (2) semesters of practicum. It is not recommended that students take Practicum courses concurrently in a given semester. One of the two practicum courses must be Media Leadership. Internship, comprising a total of 3 credits, is required for graduation in the Journalism major. Students may do multiple internships if the combined total credit is no more than 3 credits. Students, guided by their academic adviser, are encouraged to pursue other (non-credit) internships to gain as much hands-on experience as possible before their senior year. Students may take internship any semester or during the Summer under supervision of department faculty, guided by stipulations of the Journalism Internship packet. The total number of credits that may be applied from practicum and internship may not exceed 3 credits. Total directed research and Biola’s award-winning student-run web radio programming gives students hands-on experience in reporting news and features, covering campus and regional sports, and creating talk-show format programming around Christian music and news trends. Student work takes place in an on-campus studio or in field-reporting. EagleVision Biola’s student-run Webcast programming uses state-of-the-art studio and field equipment to cover news events, sports and trends facing the Biola campus and surrounding regions of southern Los Angeles and northern Orange County. EagleVision staff get practical experience in deadline reporting, script-writing, anchoring, editing and producing packages for Internet broadcast. EagleVision also uses CNN footage for localized coverage of world events. Talk-show studio formats are used to provide students experience with news-feature variety in programming. The Chimes and Chimes Online Biola’s award-winning weekly newspaper provides deadline experience in reporting, writing, photojournalism, graphics design and multimedia for the Web. Editors and business staff, funded by scholarship, are chosen by competitive application a year in advance. Staff members are selected annually for expertise in select media areas (e.g. Advertising staff are selected for background in marketing). Staff training for the editorial and advertising staff provides students with incentives for excellence in portfolio material. Chimes Online, a stand-alone staff of writers, photographers, and multimedia producers provides daily, interactive news and feature coverage of the campus and the La Mirada region. The Chimes’ print and online versions also adapt stories from the Associated Press for Biola’s Biola’s yearbook—one of the oldest forms of student media on the campus—provides students experience in magazine-style feature writing, feature and documentary-style photojournalism and four- color page design in a context that gives student journalists insight to careers in magazine production and book publishing. Editors are chosen a year in advance, but section editors are selected in Fall semesters to serve through the year. The Point This award-winning feature magazine is published at the end of each Fall and Spring semester. Work on The Point’s staff, some of it by competitive application only, gives students hands-on experience in production of a full-color, slick-page publication. Student editors choose each edition’s theme and select stories and photos from the best work of staff and student freelancers. Point staffers get training and experience in copy-editing, photojournalism and page design. Their name on the masthead of this publication, along with hard- earned skills, provide a leaping off point for magazine or publishing careers. PRSSA The Biola chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) builds ties between students and professionals in the Los special topic workshop may not exceed 9 credits. On-Campus Study Opportunities Biola Radio audiences. The Biolan
Angeles region and nationally. Students in PRSSA do event planning, community service projects, and hear from guest speakers on best practices for developing into successful leaders and practitioners of corporate, non-profit or ministry-related public relations and marketing. Journalist in Residence Biola’s location in one of the nation’s top media markets makes it a crossroads for journalists and public relations professionals of national and international renown. The Department of Journalism invites selected professionals and successful alumni to speak on special topics in a one-credit course experience for students tailored to the trends and events of California, the Southwestern United States, the nation, and other parts of the world. Experience Journalism Event Biola public relations students host an annual event for area high school students to provide an overview of skills for news and public relations applicable to scholastic media and preparation for college media experience. The event includes guest speakers and competition for prizes in reporting, writing and/or visual media; it also offers students in the major leadership opportunities as participants in Biola offers several off-campus program opportunities geared to students earning a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Integrated Media. More information about these experiential learning programs can be found in the Off-campus Programs section of this catalog, or at biola.edu/offcampusprograms. Students interested in any of these programs should consult with an academic advisor as early as possible. American Studies Program This program, set in Washington, D.C., is ideal for students who want a better grasp of communications within government agencies. The program, run by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, provides public policy discussion and coursework along with opportunities for both public relations and journalistic internships. This print-oriented reporting and writing semester guides students in deadline journalism skills as they cover events and trends on Capitol Hill as correspondents for newspapers in their home communities. Coursework grounds students in an understanding of the role of journalism in the complex socio-political life of our nation’s capital. planning and implementing the boot camp event. Off-Campus Program Opportunities See bestsemester.com for details. Washington Journalism Semester The course includes discussion of the historic role of religion in America and the journalism that must tell the nation’s stories. Students are guided in their instruction by faculty and guest speakers with nationally known media credentials. A portfolio of print-related reporting is required in the program application. For details, see Biola’s campus, so near Anaheim, home of Disneyland, provides students many opportunities for internships that can provide networking for both public relations and journalism careers. Students accepted for Disney internships complete coursework in leadership development and experience with public management. Students can also build ties to professionals in media properties owned by Disney, such as ABC News. Field Production Trips bestsemester.com. Disney Internships The Department of Journalism and Integrated Media offers special- topic, elective workshops for variable credit during some semesters that provide students hands-on experience in reporting, writing or visual journalism. Recent workshops have taken students to New York and Washington, D.C. for insights into political journalism; other trips involved travel to central Mexico for documentary photojournalism projects, and to Texas for insights on business aspects of free-lance photography. Other means of providing students with practical off- campus media experience are Travel Journalism and Cross-cultural Storytelling Project, a course set either in the U.S or overseas, guiding students in feature-writing, documentary photojournalism, video work or audio projects.
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