JEM 222 - Online Journalism - Fall 2007

 

 Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:10 - 3:25 p.m.; 316 Communications Bldg.

Web site: reinventingmedia.pbwiki.com

Instructor

Lauren Spuhler

Professional Adjunct

Peggy Collins

Course Summary

Catalog course description

222 Online Journalism (3): Writing and producing for Web presentation. Writing headlines, teasers and summaries, creating hypertext links, storyboarding and developing new, interactive and multimedia storytelling. Converting newspaper and broadcast stories to the Web. Using Web editors and managing Web sites.

It is strongly recommended that students take JEM 200: Intro to reporting before enrolling in this class.

The major concepts this course will explore:

Reporting, with a web slant. You will learn how to think about writing for the web.

Basic HTML. An intro to HTML is important for any budding journalist, we will also learn some basic editing techniques required for publishing online.

Syllabus

Check assignments, course calendar, and teacher office hours here.

Resources

University of Tennessee School of Journalism and Electronic Media