This course will cover the theory and practice of photojournalism and documentary photography. Students will photograph a diverse range of community events, including news, sports, portrait and photo essay assignments. They will also learn about the history, philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and contemporary multimedia practice of photojournalism.

This course addresses the principles and practices of public relations and strategic communication in the public, private, for-profit and no-profit arenas. Course includes lectures, readings, multimedia viewings and student-engaged, collaborative and classroom and online learning methods.

Our subject is the history of the Black freedom struggle across the 19th and 20th centuries, and we will study it through the lens of communications and media, with an emphasis on the news media. Why? Communications and media play a critical role in political and social change. They help to create community, shape public opinion, expand and constrict public memory, inform current political discourse, and influence political action and public policy. The narratives that survive from our past shape our perception of who we are and how our world works.

How can journalists use data to find stories? How can they tell stories through data? This hands-on course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to begin gathering, analyzing and visualizing interactive, data-driven stories. Students will tackle questions pertaining to ethical data sourcing, data analysis and making data meaningful for the public. They will apply their skills by way of a series of short assignments over the course of the semester that cover the different stages of data-driven news production.

This hands-on course will familiarize students with the duties of a sports broadcast journalist. Students will host and appear on "Sports Talk LIVE!", our in-class, live, radio show, and "Amherst Wire," our TV Sports Show. Work includes on-mic and on-camera, calling highlights live, game previews and recaps, analysis and anchoring. Students will gain experience behind-the-scenes production experience, and by the end of the semester, a productive student will have enough material to put together a performance reel.

A hard look at history to reveal the complexity, nuance, and ugliness which is the legacy of racism, colonialism, and slavery. That history as a foundation for understanding ourselves and for a journalistic prose that both elevates discourse and enlightens readers. Substantial readings and writings.

This course will introduce students to the traditions and expectations of the Journalism Program, as well as resources and opportunities that will help them as they move through the major. Through workshops and exercises, students will meet faculty, get to know campus media and career services staff, learn about the writing and academic expectations of the program.

This course will introduce students to the traditions and expectations of the Journalism Program, as well as resources and opportunities that will help them as they move through the major. Through workshops and exercises, students will meet faculty, get to know campus media and career services staff, learn about the writing and academic expectations of the program.

What is fact? What is fiction? Can we even tell the difference any more? Today's 24-hour news environment is saturated with a wide array of sources ranging from real-time citizen journalism reports, government propaganda and corporate spin to real-time blogging, photos and videos from around the world, as well as reports from the mainstream media. In this class, students will become more discerning consumers of news. Students will use critical-thinking skills to develop the tools needed to determine what news sources are reliable in the digital world.

This course will develop an understanding of the ethical questions raised by media coverage in a democratic society at a time of focus on profit over news values and on entertainment over substance. Issues discussed will include: accuracy and fairness, diversity, conflicts of interest, privacy, deception, relationships with sources and photojournalism. We will also learn to identify news values--or lack of them--both as professionals and as consumers. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Journ majors.