Course Description
In this capstone course, students apply the knowledge and skills gained in other courses by working in a journalistic environment, such as a newspaper, broadcast or web-based newsroom or multimedia facility. Students work with the program lead faculty in advance of the course to identify their area of interest and develop a proposal for either a journalism internship or a project. Students who choose the journalism projects work on student developed "in-house" projects that may include a student newspaper, editing a blog, composing stories for podcasts, multimedia or broadcast programs. During an internship, a student would work as an apprentice reporter, copy editor or in another news related role at a qualified news outlet. A qualified news outlet must have a memorandum of understanding with the School of Media and Communication and be approved by the Office of Academic Affairs that defines the organization's needs and the responsibilities of interns. All students assemble a capstone portfolio consisting of their best work from this and previous courses and a reflective essay on the internship or project.