Journalism (JOUR)
Prerequisites: Senior standing; JOUR major; candidate for degree.
Description: Appropriate career-related announcements, activities, and responsibilities.
Description: Introduction to techniques for gathering information for use in preparing news for public media. Get information from libraries, public records, advanced web searching, government document repositories and interviews with people.
Prerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation.
One University Honors Seminar 189H is required of all students in the University Honors Program. Open to University Honors Program students with any major and will count toward the degree in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Description: Topic varies.
Maximum of 12 credit hours of special topics at all levels (191, 291, 391, 491). May be repeated up to three times so long as the topics are different.
Description: Topics vary each term.
Prerequisites: CoJMC major or BRDC Minor
Description: Fundamentals of reporting, writing and editing for news media in print, digital and broadcast platforms.
This course is a prerequisite for: ADPR 221; ADPR 323; ADPR 329; ADPR 333; ADPR 339; ADPR 350; ADPR 355; ADPR 357; ADPR 358; ADPR 360; ADPR 361; ADPR 362; ADPR 381; ADPR 429; ADPR 439; ADPR 481; ADPR 484; ALEC 307; BRDC 260; BRDC 327; BRDC 328; BRDC 329; BRDC 359; BRDC 369; BRDC 372; BRDC 374; BRDC 375; BRDC 376; BRDC 427; BRDC 429; BRDC 477; JOMC 352; JOUR 200B; JOUR 302; JOUR 303; JOUR 304; JOUR 305; JOUR 307; JOUR 326, SPMC 326; JOUR 346; JOUR 400, BRDC 400; JOUR 408; SPMC 250; SPMC 350; SPMC 450; SPMC 460
Description: Continuation of JOUR 200A, focusing on more depth in reporting, writing and editing for news media in print, digital and broadcast platforms.
This course is a prerequisite for: ADPR 323; ADPR 329; ADPR 333; ADPR 339; ADPR 350; ADPR 355; ADPR 357; ADPR 358; ADPR 360; ADPR 361; ADPR 362; ADPR 381; ADPR 429; ADPR 439; ADPR 481; ADPR 484; BRDC 327; BRDC 328; BRDC 329; BRDC 359; BRDC 369; BRDC 372; BRDC 374; BRDC 375; BRDC 376; BRDC 427; BRDC 429; BRDC 477; JOMC 352; JOUR 302; JOUR 303; JOUR 304; JOUR 305; JOUR 307; JOUR 326, SPMC 326; JOUR 346; JOUR 400, BRDC 400; JOUR 408; SPMC 350; SPMC 450; SPMC 460
12 hours max special topics hours at all levels (100, 200, 300, 400) per degree. May be repeated up to three times so long as the topics are different.
Description: Topics vary each term.
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher
Work will appear on the student news World Wide Web (WWW) site.
Description: Advanced reporting and writing. Skills and techniques necessary to develop more complex stories for all platforms.
This course is a prerequisite for: JOUR 386
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher
Work will appear on the student news World Wide Web (WWW) site. JOUR 303 is 'Letter grade only'.
Description: Refining of editing of news and feature stories for print and on-line media. Issues of ethics and news-editing.
This course is a prerequisite for: JOUR 386
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher
Description: Explores a variety of digital reporting and storytelling options used to produce journalistic content online.
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher
Description: Study the origins, tenets and impact of solutions journalism and learn how to create news stories that are rigorously reported and compellingly written.
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher
Description: News reporting using data and analysis. Techniques for analysis and skills for writing complex stories.
This course is a prerequisite for: SPMC 460
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, SPMC 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher
Description: The importance of good sports reporting through clear writing and its importance to readers; the principles of different types of sports stories; how to think critically about sports media; and how the fundamentals of good reporting and writing apply to sports.
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher
Description: Create and present news and information of particular interest to Lincoln's growing refugee communities. The stories students report will be presented on the Nebraska Mosaic website (www.nemosaic.org), and they may also be re-purposed as part of printed newsletters or video projects distributed on DVD.
Work in will appear on the student news World Wide Web (WWW) site. Letter grade only.
Description: Theories and principles of editing and designing magazines. Decisions regarding the format and breakdown of the magazine, editing and designing stories, choosing photographs, writing captions and headlines.
Description: Topics vary each term. 12 hours max special topics hours at all levels (100, 200, 300, 400) per degree. May be repeated up to three times so long as the topics are different.
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134; JOUR 200A; JOUR 200B or BRDC 227, 260 and 269; two of the following: BRDC 372, JOUR 302, 303, 304, 306, 307 or 346; senior standing; and permission code.
Topics vary.
Description: Produce multimedia presentations and content for publication with depth, exploration, and substance across web and streaming platforms by applying journalistic and broadcasting skills.
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher; junior standing
Description: Storytelling with visuals generated from data. Theory and practice of visualization and analysis basics.
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher; junior standing
Description: Laws, regulations, and practices by which federal, state, and local government enhance or retard access to information about the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
Prerequisites: JOUR 348 and permission code
For four students from a previous Real World I class who are chosen to participate in a fellowships at the Omaha World-Herald newspaper.
Description: Fellowship at the Omaha World-Herald newspaper.
Open only to students seeking a 7-12 journalism teaching endorsement.
Description: Problems and procedures involved in producing school newspapers, yearbooks, literary magazines, and radio and/or video projects.
Prerequisites: JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, JOUR 200A with a C or higher; ADPR 151, ADPR 221, ADPR 283 or BRDC 227, BRDC 269, BRDC 260 or SPMC 150, 250 or JOUR 200B with a C or higher; JOMC 206; junior standing
Description: Research and then visit a selected country and produce a multimedia story dealing with an emerging country in which there is need. Spend eight weeks conducting story research on campus then travel to the country either during winter break or in May. Spend three weeks in the country while working on the story then finish writing and editing after returning to Nebraska.
12 hours max special topics hours at all levels (100, 200, 300, 400) per degree
Description: Topics vary each term.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Journalism-related internships, paid or unpaid, will provide students with an opportunity to enhance their professional skills while contributing meaningful work and expanding their career networks.
Prerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by permission; candidate for degree with distinction or high distinction or highest distinction in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.