2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 21, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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JR 493 - Independent/Freelance Journalism Capstone

Credits: 4
Students carry out a project from start to finish, learning skills of self-employment, multimedia, marketing, self-editing, and pitching stories. They learn the basics of budgets, taxes, benefit, and legal implications of freelance and sole-proprietor journalism. Students learn about the risks and benefits of practicing journalism without the shelter, and restrictions, of a newsroom. They discover how to juggle technology, reporting, and entrepreneurial skills.

Course Restrictions: Journalism majors only and Senior standing.
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