21 courses with the subject JOU, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Teaches students to find stories, select sources, conduct interviews, and write compellingly in journalistic styles. Not recommended for first-year students in the fall semester; special permission is required.
Trains students to analyze news coverage, identify bias and fairness, and verify facts. Lectures and discussions also engage ethical questions raised by today’s shifting media landscape.
Fundamentals in copy editing and headline writing as it applies to print and online journalism. Applying grammar, adherence to Associated Press style, and use of photos, lay-out and news judgment to improve news and feature stories. Intensive in-class editing. P - JOU 270 or prerequisite override required. 3 JOU 315. Beat Reporting. (3 h) Fundamentals in indentifying and developing news and feature beats. 3 Emphasis on interviewing skills, source development, story identification and writing for print and online. Digitals skills such as blogging, photography, video production, and social media practiced. Highly interacative. P - JOU 270.
Fundamentals in indentifying and developing news and feature beats. Emphasis on interviewing skills, source development, story identification and writing for print and online. Digitals skills such as blogging, photography, video production, and social media practiced. Highly interacative. P - JOU 270.
Students leave campus to report on a Winston-Salem neighborhood, producing stories for public audiences in a range of media focused on the people and places that create community. P - JOU 270 or prerequisite override required.
Learn to report on issues related to the environment, from climate change to science to local land-use policy, and produce stories in a range of media. Explore questions at the intersection of climate change, geopolitics, science writing, news coverage, community activism, racial justice, and multimedia journalism, with specific topics and projects determined by the instructor in any given semester. May be repeated once with permission of the instructor.
Narrative and the Law. (3 h) Learn to write like a journalist and think like a lawyer by investigating and writing about an ongoing case of a wrongful conviction under review by the law school’s Innocence & Justice Clinic. Law students and undergraduates work together with instruction by professors in law and journalism. Also listed as WRI 322. P-Prerequisite override required.
This interdisciplinary course examines photojournalism's evolving role in documenting and shaping historical narratives, analyzing iconic images and photographers through artistic, journalistic, and ethical perspectives. Also listed as ART 262. (D)
3 JOU 335 Multimedia Storytelling 3 3 JOU 375 Special Topics in Journalism (Imagination 1-3 4 Project: Digital Storytelling and Social
Learn the fundamentals of broadcast journalism including interviewing techniques, writing for radio, beat coverage, audio recording and editing to produce stories for broadcast on the local NPR affiliate WFDD. P- JOU 270 or prerequisite override required.
Learn the building blocks of multimedia storytelling: photography, videography and editing. Practice conducting interviews for video and audio while exploring how to structure stories in the age of social media and AI. Finally, put these skills to use by producing multimedia stories of your own.
Learn and practice the skills needed to produce magazine stories for publication. Focusing on a single topic of their own choosing, students learn advanced principles of interviewing, document research, story structure, character development, and explanatory journalism as they read and analyze some of the best magazine stories written over the past thirty years. Also listed as WRI 344. P-JOU 270.
Introduction to sports journalism, athletes’ lives, and the influence on American culture and college campuses. In this writing-intensive, discussion-based course, students write on topical subjects, read quality sports journalism, cover on-and-off-campus contests, and profile Wake Forest athletes. P - JOU 270 or prerequisite override required.
An introduction to the theory and practice of broadcast journalism. Topics will include ethics, technology, and the media as industry. Projects will address writing, producing, and performing for radio and television. Also listed as COM 215.
In the era of fake news, AI, and social media, many of us are finding it increasingly difficult to figure out what is real and who we really are. The Truth and Authenticity Lab is a course unlike any other. Crosslisted between Philosophy and Journalism, students will learn aspects of both disciplines as a way to cast a unique lens on how to understand truth and authenticity today. Also listed as PHI 260.
Teaches the best practices for finding interesting interview subjects, fostering rich and generative conversations, and employing quotes effectively and creatively in longer articles.
Students explore a part of the world as journalists do, interviewing, observing, and exploring to produce stories that shed light on the people, culture, and issues that define that place. P - JOU 270 or prerequisite override required.
Study and practice of new trends, innovations and subject matters in journalism. May be repeated once for credit, provided the topic has changed. Prerequisites may vary; check with the department.
Provides an intensive exploration of a specific topic in journalism in such areas as photojournalism, investigative reporting, and race and the media. Varies by semester and instructor. May be repeated once with permission of the instructor. Prerequisites may vary; check with the department.
Practical experience in journalism. Students work with a faculty advisor. Cannot be repeated except with approval of the director. P-Prerequisite override required.
Independent study with faculty guidance. By prearrangement. P-Prerequisite override required.
Source: Wake Forest University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
