Course Catalog

Jour71101

Craft of Journalism

Credits: 6

The foundation course for all students. Teaches the essential skills of researching, reporting and writing.…

Jour71102

Craft of Journalism – Spanish

Redacción y Reportaje

Credits: 6

The foundation course for all students. Teaches the essential skills of researching, reporting and writing.…

Jour71103

Legal and Ethical Issues

Credits: 3

Through a rigorous examination of court cases and ethical controversies, students will learn to anticipate,…

Jour71105

Fundamentals of Data Journalism

Credits: 3

This course will introduce students to conceptualizing, reporting, writing, and producing stories across multiple platforms–from…

Jour72201

Cultural Issues

Credits: 3

This course will survey the major issues and controversies facing artists and arts organizations today,…

Jour72202

Arts Criticism

Credits: 3

This is a course in writing reviews, recaps and critical essays for the popular press.…

Jour72204

Writing Critically About Food and Restaurants

Credits: 3

As food—what to eat, how to buy it, who should cook it— occupies a bigger…

Jour72301

Covering the Economy

Credits: 3

Students learn the economic context of the business world they seek to cover, including business…

Jour72302

Covering Markets and Companies

Credits: 6

This six-hour class, split into two three-hour sessions, will examine markets and companies together since…

Jour72401

Introduction to Health Journalism

Credits: 3

Health journalists don’t just cover illness. They report on the overlap between public health and…

Jour72402

Science Journalism

Credits: 3

In this advanced class, students broaden their focus to include climate change and renewable energy,…

Jour72403

Investigative Health Reporting

Credits: 3

Fraud, incompetence, and greed often go unchecked in the U.S. health care system. In this…

Jour72405

Covering the Climate Crisis

Credits: 3

Climate coverage belongs in every beat—business, food systems and agriculture, sports, urban planning, social justice, national…

Jour72501

Intro to International Reporting

Credits: 3

This course will introduce students to the basic tenets of international reporting. How is it…

Jour72502

Cross-Cultural Reporting

Credits: 3

International journalists report on communities, cultures, places, and nations that they frequently don’t come from.…

Jour72503

Issues in International Reporting

Credits: 3

Globalization linked economies across the world together. It radically transformed the creation of wealth and…

Jour72601

Covering City Government and Politics

Credits: 3

This course gives students a thorough understanding of how to report on the way the…

Jour72602

Covering New York’s Social Issues

Credits: 3

This course teaches students how to produce fresh, compelling stories about critical social issues in…

Jour72603

Urban Investigative Reporting

Credits: 3

This course will give students in the urban concentration the opportunity to do investigative reporting…

Jour72604

Covering New York City’s Economy and Business

Credits: 3

The goal of this course is to help students understand and report effectively on the…

Jour73101

Narrative Writing

Credits: 3

Students will explore the art and craft of long-form storytelling, writing their own 3,000-5,000-word pieces.…

Jour73102

Investigative Reporting

Credits: 3

This is an intensive capstone course that explores the advanced reporting, writing, organizational, analytical, and…

Jour73103

Opinion Writing

Credits: 3

Our democracy needs committed journalists who believe what they write can help their readers take…

Jour73104

Feature Writing

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 3

This class aims to find, report, write and sell news features to magazines, newspapers and…

Jour73105

Editing the News

Credits: 3

Students in this class learn the roles and skills of multimedia editors across many aspects:…

Jour73106

National Political Reporting

Credits: 3

In National Political Reporting, students will follow one of the presidential candidates as they move…

Jour73107

Sports Reporting

Credits: 3

This course will teach sports reporting to meet the needs of modern-day newsrooms, which need…

Jour73251

Video Features

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 3

Play VideoWaves Students will conceptualize, report, film and edit short, documentary-style video features with an…

Jour73252

Social Video

Credits: 2

Play VideoInside First Street Green Art Park Video accounts for more than 50% of mobile…

Jour73271

Photojournalism

Credits: 3

This is an introductory course in photojournalism and builds on material introduced in Craft and…

Jour73272

Advanced Photojournalism

Credits: 3

This course is an intermediate to advanced course in photojournalism. It’s aimed at students with…

Jour73281

The Art of the Video Interview

Credits: 1

In this five-week module, students will learn to conduct a video interview. We’ll discuss how…

Jour73291

Television News Magazine Production: 219 West

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 3

Play Video219West – Episode 60 – April 12, 2017 – The First 100 Days Students…

Jour73351

Data Journalism

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 3

Students will be introduced to skills that are in high demand at major news organizations,…

Jour73352

Scraping for Journalists

Credits: 2

In this 10-week, 2-credit advanced module, students learn to pull data from public web sites…

Jour73361

Coding the News

Credits: 3

This course builds on what students learned in the first semester. It elevates their HTML…

Jour73371

Advanced Social Media

Credits: 1

This five-week elective module will focus on using the burgeoning tools of social media to…

Jour73371

Audience Engagement and Metrics

Credits: 1

This 5-week, 1-credit advanced module explores blurring lines of where the role of publisher ends…

Jour73372

Motion Graphics and Animated Storytelling

Credits: 2

This 10-week, 2-credit module explores how the news industry is using motion graphics to enhance…

Jour73373

Information Design

Credits: 1

This 5-week, 1-credit module will cover the fundamentals of good presentation, layout, and design for…

Jour73374

User Experience and Interaction Design

Credits: 1

Design is not just about how something looks – it’s about how it works. And…

Jour73375

Advanced Coding the News

Credits: 3

This 15-week, 3-credit advanced course delves into the refined and effective use of coding and…

Jour73452

Audio News Magazine: Audiofiles

Credits: 3

This advanced workshop focuses on creating and packaging news, interviews and short features for broadcast…

Jour73453

Podcast Pitching and Development

Credits: 1

Podcasting technology has been around since the early 2000s. But advances in technology and content…

Jour73454

Vocal Performance for Radio and Podcast

Credits: 1

In this course, you will learn to make the most of your voice for radio…

Jour75001

Community Engagement

Credits: 3

This is a course in listening to a community: understanding and empathizing with its needs…

Jour75002

Metrics and Outcomes

Credits: 3

Students will learn how to gather and analyze behavioral data and other signals to understand…

Jour75003

Reporting for Engagement Journalism

Credits: 3

This course will help students learn how to find and best present the information their…

Jour75004

Social Media Tools

Credits: 3

Students will gain an understanding of the many popular and some obscure tools that communities…

Jour75005

Advanced Reporting for Engagement Journalism

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 3

This class will build on the previous semester’s journalistic course to offer more advanced skills…

Jour75006

Design and Development

Credits: 3

Students will delve into what is known as design thinking, a discipline developed at Stanford…

Jour75009

Community Practicum

Credits: 3

Every student will have selected an existing community – whether defined by geography, demography, interest,…

Jour76001

Topics in Arts & Culture Reporting

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is different. (Credits: 1…

Jour76002

Topics in Business & Economics Reporting

Special topics course. Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is…

Jour76003

Topics in Health & Science Reporting

Special topics course. Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is…

Jour76004

Topics in International Reporting

Special topics course. Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is…

Jour76005

Topics in Urban Reporting

Special topics course. Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is…

Jour76006

Topics in Data Journalism

Special topics course. Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is…

Jour76006.3

Advanced Data Journalism

Credits: 3

This 15-week, 3-credit advanced course trains students to gather and analyze complex data to uncover…

Jour76007

Picture Editing Workshop

Credits: 1

Taking great photos is one thing. Editing photos — your own work and the work…

Jour76007.1

Advanced Video Reporting

Credits: 4

This course will advance students’ video reporting skills, both editorial and technical, for those interested…

Jour76007.1

Topics in Visual Journalism

On Camera!

Credits: 1

From local TV, to Vice, to many feature documentaries, journalists are often expected to be…

Jour76007.2

Intro to Local TV News Reporting

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 4

The first 8 weeks of this 15 week advanced reporting course would focus on writing…

Jour76007.2

The Art of Cinematography

Credits: 1

Play VideoThe Art of Cinematography with Associate Professor of Video Storytelling This five-week course will…

Jour76007.3

Documentary Seminar 1

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 4

Admission requires consent of instructors. To apply: bit.ly/docapply  This course must be taken in conjunction…

Jour76007.3

The Art of Video Editing

Credits: 1

This five-week course will focus on advanced editing techniques and color correction in Adobe Premiere.…

Jour76007.3

Topics in Visual Journalism

Drone Journalism

Credits: 2

The advent of drone technology gives journalists and filmmakers a powerful new tool– a camera…

Jour76007.4

Documentary Lab

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 3

Admission requires consent of instructors. To apply: bit.ly/docapply  This course must be taken in conjunction…

Jour76007.4

Topics in Visual Journalism

Lighting Workshop

Credits: 1

Photography is all about light. Smart lighting can solve many of the most vexing problems…

Jour76007.5

Using GIFs, Memes & Animation for News

Credits: 1

Student Work by Aaron Berkowitz GIFs and other simple animations are the fundamental language of…

Jour76008

Advanced Reporting on Latino Communities / Reportaje Avanzado sobre Comunidades Latinas

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 6

This is a 6-credit, advanced, multimedia reporting course with a strong focus on community engagement…

Jour76008

Reporting on Race

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 3

For decades, media failed to consistently make race and equity central elements in coverage of…

Jour76008

The Business of Freelancing

Credits: 1

Journalism is not only a calling – it’s a business. Freelance reporters, in particular, need…

Jour76008

Topics in Journalistic Writing

Special topics course. Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is…

Jour76008.1

Advanced Multimedia Reporting for the South Bronx

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 4

Students in this advanced multimedia reporting course make a difference in the South Bronx. Taking…

Jour76008.1

Investigative Research Techniques

Credits: 1

The Investigative Research Techniques class will help prepare you for any third semester investigative reporting…

Jour76008.2

Solutions Journalism

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 3

Solutions Journalism examines how people and communities are working toward addressing chronic and acute social…

Jour76009

Advanced Sound Design and Studio Production Techniques

Credits: 1

In this advanced 1-credit module, you will learn audio mixing, mastering, track management, routing and…

Jour76009

Fundamentals of Audio Reporting

Credits: 2

This course offers instruction in the basics of producing audio news stories for broadcast and…

Jour76009

Narrative Podcast Workshop

Credits: 3

In this advanced workshop course, students work on production teams to collaboratively produce stand-alone narrative…

Jour76009

The Art of the Audio Interview

Credits: 1

In this course, students will receive advanced training in the art and craft of audio…

Jour76009

Topics in Audio Journalism

Place-based Audio Documentary Workshop in partnership with Queens Memory Project

Credits: 2

Every year we offer Special Topics courses in audio that represent special projects or course…

Jour76009.1

Advanced Audio Reporting and News Writing

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 4

This course builds on the editorial and production skills learned in the first semester Fundamentals…

Jour76009.2

Audio Documentary

Advanced Reporting

Credits: 3

Audio Documentary (JOUR 76009.2) is a 3-credit advanced reporting and producing class that builds on…

Jour76010

Topics in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Special topics course. Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is…

Jour76010.1

Topics in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Startup Sprint

Credits: 3

Build something of your own! This module focuses on developing your own journalism startup. We’ll…

Jour76011

Topics in Social Journalism

Special topics course. Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is…

Jour76012

Advanced Research Techniques

Credits: 1

The mission of this class is to help you raise your research abilities to advanced…

Jour76012

Advanced Research Techniques – Spanish

Credits: 1

The mission of this class is to help you raise your research abilities to advanced…

Jour76012

Covering Identity / Reportería sobre Temas de Identidad

Credits: 3

This course explores the complexity of identity (or identities), and how journalism participates in the…

Jour76012

Topics in Journalism

Special topics course. Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic is…

Jour76012.2

In-Depth Reporting in Latino Communities

Credits: 3

This is an intensive capstone course that explores the advanced reporting, writing, organizational, analytical, and…

Jour76012.7

Journalism Speaker Series

Credits: 1

This is a course all about getting to know professionals currently working in the journalism…

Jour77001

Internship

Second Semester

Credits: 1

For students who need academic credit to undertake a part-time internship anytime after the first…

Jour77002

Internship

Third or Fourth semester

Credits: 1

For students who want academic credit toward the 43-credit graduation requirement for a part-time internship…

Jour77003

Independent Study

Credits: 3

This course will enable students to pursue independent study in a topic or medium not…

Jour77004

Summer Internship

Credits: 3

Students spend 8 to 10 weeks working at a media outlet in the New York…