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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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 realistic 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
Take that final step toward a media career and feel confident in your area of specialization

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.

Spring 2024 Schedule

April 2 - June 11

Tuesday 6:30PM - 9:30PM PT

Enrollment Closed

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Instructor: Richard Vega

397186

Fee:

$695.00

In Person

Location: UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood

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Notes

Required course in the Journalism Certificate.

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised.

Enrollment deadline: April 2, 2024. Late enrollment deadline: April 9, 2024. Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline

No refunds after March 26, 2024

Course Requirements

Book: The Associated Press Stylebook 2019 and Briefing on Media Law by The Associated Press

ISBN 9781541699892

Book: The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.

ISBN 9780486447988

(Optional) Book: The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

Mariner Books, 1972

ISBN 9780156767507

(Optional) Book: Oranges by John McPhee

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975

ISBN 0374512973

(Optional) Book: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Picador, 2011

ISBN 9780312626686

(Optional) Book: All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

Simon & Schuster

ISBN 9781476770512

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Lecture

Tue Apr 2, 2024

6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT