NCCOM055 — Community Journalism Lab
The Community Journalism Lab ("J Lab") is a free, 7 week, experiential journalism certificate program.In this program students will develop skills to tell the stories of their own communities. With instruction from a trained journalist and professor they will be introduced to different storytelling tools, learn what makes something newsworthy, and become familiar with reporting ethics. Keeping a reporter's notebook will be central to the learning process as students gather facts and conduct interviews. Students will progress through a series of steps from identifying a local issue and attending an associated event-such as a school board meeting or town hall-all the way through to creating a story to inform their community. All materials provided.