About this Course
This is it! It is time for YOU to be the journalist, and practice and display the skills you have learned through this Specialization journey. You will create your own professional journalistic portfolio, culminating in the creation of your own news report from start to finish. You will go through all the steps and skills used by professional journalists: conceptualizing a news report idea, reporting, interviewing, researching, and then compiling the information for an audience. Your learner community, along with the Michigan State Journalism team, will be with you every step of the way. Having a professional portfolio will help you market yourself as a journalist, showing off your work product, as well as practice and hone your journalistic skill set. You will receive an exclusive premium "Journalism" badge for social media, to display your Capstone completion
What You'll Learn
- Apply journalistic skills learned throughout the specialization
- Create a professional journalistic portfolio
- Produce complete news reports from concept to delivery
- Enhance self-marketing as a journalist
- Refine professional journalism skillsets
Prerequisites
- Basic computer and internet skills
- Ability to read English course instructions and complete short exercises
Instructors
Joanne C. Gerstner
Sports Journalist in Residence
Jeremy Steele
Specialist
David Poulson
Instructor
Eric Freedman
Instructor