Journalism Degree

Northwestern University

Bachelor's degree

In Evanston (USA)

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  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Evanston (USA)

JOUR 201-1 Reporting & Writing (1 Unit) This course builds a strong foundation for all Medill classes to follow by introducing students to the essentials of accurate journalism necessary for any platform or storytelling format. This includes news judgment, news and information gathering (including sourcing, discovering and covering different kinds of news, interviewing techniques, practices of inclusion and sensitivity); constructing stories (including leads, story structure, using quotes, using data to tell a story, assessing information); editing and presentation (grammar, punctuation, AP style, voice, tone, clarity, brevity); avoiding libel and other legal pitfalls; and visual literacy and presentation.

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Evanston (USA)
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633 Clark St, Evanston, 60208

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2019

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Course programme

Course Title
Core Courses (8 units)
JOUR 201-1 Reporting & Writing
JOUR 201-2 Multimedia Storytelling
JOUR 202-0 Philosophy of Modern Journalism
JOUR 301-0 Journalism in Practice
or JOUR 301-1 Journalism in Practice
JOUR 302-0 Media History: Power, Protest and Passion
JOUR 370-0 Media Law & Ethics (required before Journalism Residency)
2 300-level journalism courses
Journalism Residency or Professional Experience (4 units) 1
JOUR 347-0 & JOUR 348-0 Journalism Residency and Journalism Residency
or JOUR 345-SA & JOUR 346-SA Journalism Residency: Argentina and Journalism Residency: Argentina
or JOUR 355-SA & JOUR 356-SA Journalism Residency: Qatar and Journalism Residency: Qatar
or JOUR 365-SA & JOUR 366-SA Journalism Residency: South Africa and Journalism Residency: South Africa
Electives (2–6 units)
Students must take at least 2 journalism electives.

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