Certificate in News Literacy

In this introductory course, students will become critical consumers of media and will explore how media create and disseminate messages, with a focus on current issues in all media forms.

The course considers social responsibility and presents a contemporary framework for transparency and community with a focus on diversity as a guiding journalistic principle.

This class examines how to sustain credible practice in a time of great change to understand which changes offer the best chance of resolving the conflict in favor of credible practice.

This capstone course enhances the ability to discern between news and misinformation through critical examination of how we access, analyze, verify, and create media messages. We will look closely at the critical role news organizations play in informing us and its significance for our democracy. This course’s purpose is to be a project-based survey of concepts, techniques, and tools that guide those who are media savvy, such as journalists, to make educated decisions about digital content. NOTE: JRLC 3600E fulfills the requirement during summer semesters.

In this introductory course, students will become critical consumers of media and will explore how media create and disseminate messages, with a focus on current issues in all media forms.

The course considers social responsibility and presents a contemporary framework for transparency and community with a focus on diversity as a guiding journalistic principle.

This class examines how to sustain credible practice in a time of great change to understand which changes offer the best chance of resolving the conflict in favor of credible practice.

This capstone course enhances the ability to discern between news and misinformation through critical examination of how we access, analyze, verify, and create media messages. We will look closely at the critical role news organizations play in informing us and its significance for our democracy. This course’s purpose is to be a project-based survey of concepts, techniques, and tools that guide those who are media savvy, such as journalists, to make educated decisions about digital content. NOTE: JRLC 3600E fulfills the requirement during summer semesters.