JOU4201: News Center Practicum, Spring 2017

Welcome to the Innovation News Center!

We will not have labs the first week of January (2-6).  

We will begin with labs and lecture on Monday, Jan. 9.

Please read over the course syllabus and posted articles in Announcements in preparation for working in the newsroom this semester.  

See you in January! 

JOU 4201: News Center Practicum

Spring 2017

Innovation News Center Labs: Monday-Friday, periods 2-6 (9:30-2:45—day determinate upon course section)

Lecture: Periodic Mondays | Period E1 - E2 (7:20 PM - 9:10 PM) | Room: WEIM 1084

Instructor: Gary Green, Deputy News Editor and Digital Director, Innovation News Center | ggreen@jou.ufl.edu |@garywgreen | 352-294-1502 | @gwgreen

Lab Assistants:

Meghan Mangrum : mmangrum@ufl.edu

Sofiya Tarasevich: starasevich@ufl.edu

Michael Stone : michaelstone428@gmail.com

Course Description This is a newsroom experience course that produces and edits journalism in the Innovation News Center (Weimer 2300). Half the semester is spent on developing the skills toward the editing role of a Web producer. The other half is spent producing content tailored to our media outlets’ audiences. Many days you will be working in both capacities throughout your shifts.

The INC is a professional newsroom for WUFT and WRUF/ESPN stations and websites. These are not campus stations. They are professional news outlets serving adults in North Central Florida. So for this class, think and act like a professional journalist. In other words, treat this like a job or internship. If you do, you will get better clips, you will better prepare yourself for a job and you’ll get a better grade. It also prepares you for working in a professional workplace: office politics, communicating your ideas, garnering attention and interacting with management. Even if a journalism industry job is not your destination, you’ll gain valuable work experience to apply toward your chosen profession.

Because this is a real newsroom, your workday will vary. On any given day you could be editing a story for wuft.org, running out the door to chase breaking news, recording audio for radio (WUFT-FM/NPR) or explaining it on live TV (WUFT-TV/PBS).

Continue reading here: JOU4201Spring2017.pdf