Feb 27, 2026  
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JRN 388 - Social Media Journalism

Credits: 3

This course focuses on producing data-driven journalism and multimedia stories for news audiences and reaching them primarily through social media platforms and other emerging technologies. Issues include professional branding; news curation; crowdsourcing; journalist-citizen interaction; social media optimization; social media economics, ethics, and law; and writing effectively for social media audiences.

Prerequisite(s): ENG 201  

Term(s) Offered: Spring


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