Overview

The Master of Arts in Multimedia Journalism program provides an opportunity for students to enhance their abilities as visual storytellers and to better understand the contexts within which those stories are produced. The program emphasizes theoretical and production practices within the fields of journalism, still photography, video, sound and multimedia.

The program emphasizes storytelling that includes meaningful content within the global community. It requires technical literacy in traditional and cutting edge technologies. Each course builds upon an understanding of the visual storytelling process, and each course stresses the theoretical underpinnings and ethical foundations of the journalistic tradition.

Our internationally recognized faculty is a blend of award-winning professionals and distinguished researchers and includes two Knight Chairs specializing in Visual Journalism and Cross-Cultural Journalism.

This one and a half year (including summer) program culminates in a multimedia project class in which the student uses the technical, storytelling and critical skills acquired to produce a multimedia project of significance. The capstone will be completed under Com 695.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Multimedia Journalism MA students must complete a minimum of 36 credit hours, 33 of which must be at the graduate level with the approval of the faculty advisor.

Required Courses {9 Credits}
COM 601 Theories of Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
COM 603 Qualitative Research Methodologies. . . . . . . . . . . .3
CNJ 614 Media Law and Regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Required Multimedia Journalism Courses {15 Credits}
CVJ 519 Interactive Storytelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CVJ 422 Programming for Interactivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CVJ 522 Design Portfolio Seminar (Multimedia). . . . . . . . . . . 3
CVJ 521 Visual Storytelling Seminar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CNJ 599 Advanced Projects (Team Multimedia Project). . . . .3

Area of Concentration (6 Credits)
Students will select an area of concentration: Multimedia Production Programming or Visual Journalism for Multimedia.

Multimedia Production Programming students must take:
CNJ 595 Special Topics in Journalism (3D Infographics). . . . . . . . . . . 3
CNJ 595 Special Topics in Journalism (Advanced Programming). . . . . 3

Visual Journalism for Multimedia students must take two of the following:
CNJ 595 Special Topics in Journalism (Photographic Storytelling). . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
COM 609 Special Topics in COM (Advanced Audio and Video Narratives). . . . . 3
CNJ 599 Advanced Projects (Documentary Photojournalism). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
CMP 558 Documentary Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3


Capstone (6 Credits)
Com 695 Directed Readings (6 credits)

Students interested in a Multimedia Journalism concentration must apply for the M.A. in Print Journalism Program and indicate Multimedia Journalism as the area of concentration.