Writing for publication: techniques and methods of mass communication. Laboratory experience in constructing one or more of the news forms of the weekly student publication: news reporting; feature writing, editorials, photojournalism.

Writing for publication. Includes one or more of the following: planning and design, writing and editing, photojournalism, production and distribution.

Hands-on production of an online, student-run media outlet providing both a training ground for students interested in gaining experience in various aspects of digital media as well as high quality news source for PLNU. Open to all students.

The study of the philosophy and practice of journalism with an emphasis on news gathering and writing as a process in traditional and current technological formats. Explores broadcasting, electronic media, and the role of journalists in society.

Concentrated application of journalism techniques. Stresses off-campus reporting, interviewing and news gathering, journalism responsibility, and ethics. Addresses the news organization as a business and its impact on the reporter.

This course concentrates on writing news to pictures and sounds. Students do electronic newsgathering (ENG) in the field. Students also write, rewrite, and edit conversational hard news and feature news stories with the distinctive journalistic and production values of television in mind.

Combines principles of journalistic writing and reporting with field production techniques of television news. Students learn the basic concepts of reporting and producing a variety of television news stories, from simple anchor readers to complex packages.

Introduces students to investigative journalism through hands-on laboratory work, including advanced Web research, public records requests, statistical analysis, databases, mapping, visual aids and data interactives.

The study of major ethical journalistic philosophies, codes, and current practices. Interaction with professionals and discussions of ethical problems. Stresses responsible, fair, accurate journalism.

Designed to develop the student's ability to improve and clarify all forms of written expression. Genres include newspapers, magazines, books, internet, as well as other forms of storytelling.

Focuses on current aspects of journalism with a different concentration each time it is offered.

Practice in the planning, research, writing, editing, and evaluation skills needed to craft informative and persuasive messages in various media for various external and internal publics. Formats include print, broadcast, and web-based news releases, features, media kits, public service announcements, radio and video packages, brochures and newsletters, backgrounders and position papers.

Provides students with the theory and organization of newscasts, as well as skills in conducting live news remotes, coordinating newscasts, supervising news personnel, anchoring, using news production software, and applying advanced reporting skills in various news situations.

Focuses on the development of skills at in-depth storytelling through radio and television news production. Students learn to research, script, and produce stories, while applying aural and visual news presentation techniques.

Planning, production and presentation of television programming for multiple audiences. Group projects are viewed and critiqued by peers and the instructor for consideration of being included on the campus cable TV channel. Required of DRAFT upper division students working as staff for campus television channel.

Students will build a portfolio website and produce advanced multimedia elements for it, blending text, audio, video, photos, data visualizations, and interactivity.

The study of American magazines, including their planning, editing, and designing. The class project involves completing a prospectus and publishing a county-wide magazine.

A supervised experience in which the student works off campus in an established media business or public service media company.

Students create a multifaceted assignment that serves as a culminating academic and intellectual experience in the program. Using a variety of contents (text, audio, video, photo, data visualization) students apply the knowledge and skills gained in other journalism courses.