printer friendly pageCOMM 277S: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Sports Journalism (COMM 177S)
(Graduate students register for
COMM 277S.) Workshop. An examination of American sports writing from the 1920's Golden Age of Sports to present. Students become practitioners of the sports writing craft in an intensive laboratory. Hones journalistic skills such as specialized reporting, interviewing, deadline writing, creation of video projects, and conceptualizing and developing stories for print and online. Prerequisite: 104 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Pomerantz, G. (PI)
COMM 277Y: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Foreign Correspondence (COMM 177Y)
(Graduate students register for
COMM 277Y.) Study how being a foreign correspondent has evolved and blend new communication tools with clear narrative to tell stories from abroad in a way that engages a diversifying American audience in the digital age. Prerequisite:
COMM 104W,
COMM 279, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Zacharia, J. (PI)
COMM 278: Journalism and Imaginative Writing in America (AMSTUD 257)
Walt Whitman spent twenty-five years as a journalist before publishing his first book of poems. Mark Twain was a journalist for twenty years before publishing his first novel. Topics include examination of how writers¿ backgrounds in journalism shaped the poetry or fiction for which they are best known; study of recent controversies surrounding writers who blurred the line between journalism and fiction. Writers include Whitman, Fanny Fern, Twain, Pauline Hopkins, Theodore Dreiser, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ernest Hemingway, Meridel LeSueur.
Last offered: Spring 2011
COMM 279: News Reporting & Writing Fundamentals
Learn beat reporting and writing skills including source development, interviewing, and story structure for news and features. Emphasis on developing news judgment, clear writing skills, and an ability to execute stories on deadline. Exercises and assignments mimic a newsroom. Students pursue local beats with a focus on public issues and complement written pieces with relevant data analyses and multimedia components. Prerequisite: Journalism M.A. student. Corequisite:
COMM 275.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 8 units total)
Instructors:
Zacharia, J. (PI)
COMM 280: Virtual Reality Journalism in the Public Sphere
The immersive space (cinematic VR and virtual reality) is journalism's newest and most exciting reporting and storytelling tool. We survey best practices and methods in this emerging medium and learn 360-degree video production and postproduction. Teams will illuminate issues and provoke conversation in the public sphere. Prerequisite: Preference to Journalism M.A. students.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Migielicz, G. (PI)
COMM 281: Exploring Computational Journalism (CS 206)
This course will explore the evolving field of computational journalism. Students will research and discuss the state of field in five areas where computation is affecting journalism: AI, Data Science, and Info Viz; Emerging Hardware Tech, including Drones, Sensors, and VR; Audience Participation and Diverse Viewpoints; Free Speech and Democracy; and News Ecosystems and Business Models. Admission by application; please email James Hamilton at jayth@stanford.edu to request an application.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Agrawala, M. (PI)
;
Hamilton, J. (PI)
COMM 289P: Journalism Thesis
MA thesis course. Focuses on development of in-depth journalism project, culminating in work of publishable quality.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
COMM 290: Media Studies M.A. Project
Individual research for coterminal Media Studies students.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
COMM 291: Graduate Journalism Seminar
Required of students in the graduate program in Journalism. Forum for current issues in the practice and performance of the press. The seminar frequently features Bay Area Journalists as guest speakers. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
Instructors:
Migielicz, G. (PI)
;
Zacharia, J. (PI)
COMM 299: Individual Work
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Bailenson, J. (PI)
;
Christin, A. (PI)
;
Fishkin, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Bailenson, J. (PI)
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Christin, A. (PI)
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Fishkin, J. (PI)
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Glasser, T. (PI)
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Hamilton, J. (PI)
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Hancock, J. (PI)
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Iyengar, S. (PI)
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Krosnick, J. (PI)
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Migielicz, G. (PI)
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Nguyen, D. (PI)
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Pan, J. (PI)
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Phillips, C. (PI)
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Pomerantz, G. (PI)
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Reeves, B. (PI)
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Taubman, P. (PI)
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Turner, F. (PI)
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Wheaton, J. (PI)
;
Zacharia, J. (PI)
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