MMJN 427 - Mobile Journalism

3 credits
3 hours per week.

This course will teach students how to use the technology in their pockets to tell audio and video stories. The course will focus on how the field of journalism has changed through the use of new technologies, identifying the best apps to use for in-field reporting, editing files on smart phones and other technologies using available apps and using social media to distribute and promote stories. It is recommended that students have also completed COMM 204 and COMM 240 or MPPD 332 with grades of “C” or higher

Prerequisite(s) COMM 201 and COMM 202 and MMJN 202 or MPPD 310 or SCOM 220 completed with grades of “C” or higher.
Offered (AS NEEDED)