Summer Enrollment is Open! Courses begin June 23, 2025.

The Modern Media World

JOURN X 440.3

Examine various media contexts, emerging platforms, AI, and challenges to the journalism profession, common career trajectories, and new specializations  

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Fall
Spring
In Person
Live Online
Starting at $695.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0

What you can learn.

  • Explore specialized fields of journalism and media, so you can begin to target in a more definitive way the area where you want to focus
  • Get a practice-based and forward-thinking view of how to succeed in modern journalism
  • Examine the real-world aspects of planning, pitching, and executing stories and content on a variety of platforms

About this course:

Discusses the work of journalists and media creators today in relation to emerging industry realities. Explores real-world aspects of planning, pitching and executing stories and content on a variety of platforms. Students come away with a nuanced and evidentiary view of what it means to succeed in modern journalism. Lessons also cover the specialized fields of journalism and media, so students can begin to target in a more definitive way where they want to focus.   

Fall 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Tuesday 6:30PM - 9:30PM PT
Future Offering (Opens July 28, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
See Details
Instructor: Nicole Charky-Chami
405284
Fee:
$695.00
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Location: UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
Notes

Required course in the Journalism Certificate.

Enrollment limited; early enrollment highly advised/recommended.

No enrollments after September 28th, 2025.

Internet access required. Materials required.

No Refunds after October 5th, 2025

Refund Deadline
Refunds only available from May 25, 2025 to September 28, 2025
Course Requirements
Book: The Associated Press Stylebook 2016 or later by The Associated Press
Book: The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
(Optional) Book: The Chicago Manual of Style by The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
(Optional) Book: All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Tue Sep 23, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Sep 30, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Oct 7, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Oct 14, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Oct 21, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Oct 28, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Nov 4, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Nov 11, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Nov 18, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Nov 25, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Dec 2, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
Lecture
Tue Dec 9, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204A
-
Monday 6:30PM - 9:30PM PT
Future Offering (Opens July 28, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
See Details
Instructor: Nicole Charky-Chami
405285
Fee:
$695.00
Live Onlineformat icon
Location: Remote Classroom
Notes

Required course in the Journalism Certificate.

Enrollment limited; early enrollment highly advised/recommended.

No enrollments after September 28th, 2025.

Internet access required. Materials required.

No Refunds after October 5th, 2025

Refund Deadline
Refunds only available from May 25, 2025 to September 28, 2025
Course Requirements
Book: The Associated Press Stylebook 2016 or later by The Associated Press
Book: The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
(Optional) Book: The Chicago Manual of Style by The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
(Optional) Book: All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Online
Mon Sep 22, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Sep 29, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Oct 6, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Oct 13, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Oct 20, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Oct 27, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Nov 3, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Nov 10, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Nov 17, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Nov 24, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Mon Dec 1, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom

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