Video & Interactive Journalism
This is a fast-paced, intensive course that lays out advanced multimedia tools, introduces students to classic examples of digital publishing, and gives them exposure to professional practitioners and newsmakers, instills ethical behavior, and provides practice in producing various types of news stories. The course teaches students how to create journalistic narrative packages online. The class will focus on various forms of interactive storytelling such as interactive documentaries, web-based narratives, and experimental journalism. Students will learn about the technical and creative aspects of interactive storytelling and will develop skills in digital media production, design, and coding.
Topics
- This course provides hands-on instruction of digital storytelling techniques, lessons on capturing multimedia, and the use of editing software. Students will learn software used to edit photos, video, photo slideshows, and audio, followed by instruction on mapping software and online data visualization programs. Some basic HTML instruction will be included. Recording hardware for this class will rely on student-owned devices—smartphones such as the iPhone or Android. Professional equipment, like a professional audio recorder or DSLR camera that students might already own, is allowed for use in this course. However, lessons will be geared toward capturing multimedia using smartphones. A laptop, or access to a computer in order to perform editing, is required.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
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Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027