Summer 2024 Journalism Course Offerings

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SUMMER QUARTER 2024 COURSE OFFERINGS

June 24–September 15

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Summer Quarter 2024

Classes begin June 24.

Enrollment begins April 29.

Fall Quarter 2024

Classes begin September 23.

Enrollment begins July 29.

Winter Quarter 2025

Classes begin January 6.

Enrollment begins November 4.

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Asynchronous: students engage a variety of learning materials posted on Canvas (that may include lectures, interactive discussion boards, and quizzes) and interact with the instructor and other students using messaging tools.

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WRITING & JOURNALISM

Journalism

For more information about Journalism Certificates email journalism@uclaextension.edu or call (310) 825-7093.

JOURN X 439

The Art of the Interview

3.0 units

Great journalism relies on four major, interconnected skills: research, interviewing, analysis and writing. This course helps students develop the first three, which integrate to generate the data, anecdotes and character details necessary to tell compelling stories about the people and issues that affect our world.

Reg# 398177

Fee: $630

No refund after 17 June M Online

June 24-Sept. 15

Elective course in the Journalism Certificate. Access to a video recording device (iPhone, iPad, digital camera) is highly recommended, though not required.

Enrollment limited to 25 students. Visitors not permitted. Enrollment deadline: June 24. 7 &

Richard Vega who is a newsroom executive with more than 20 years of experience at USA Weekend, The New York Times Yahoo News and digital start-ups. He covered politics, health, technology, entertainment and sports as a reporter at USA Weekend magazine. He led teams covering 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the death of Princess Diana for the The New York Times’s website. As the Yahoo News editorial director, he oversaw coverage of presidential elections, the death of Osama bin Laden, and the 2011 tsunami and earthquake in Japan.

JOURN X 440.2

The Practice of Journalism

4.0 units

Students learn to cultivate sources, conduct tough interviews, how to organize an investigative story, navigate artificial intelligence, and other skills common to on-the-ground journalists. Assignments and discussions require deeper analysis with students working toward a final project feature story applying course material. Students also build a toolbox of writing techniques and begin to shape their voices as writers and media creators.

Reg# 398178

Fee: $695

No refund after 17 June

M Online

June 24-Sept. 15

Required course in the Journalism Certificate. Enrollment limited to 25 students; early enrollment advised. 7 &

Richard Vega, who is a newsroom executive with more than 20 years of experience at USA Weekend, The New York Times, Yahoo News and digital start-ups. He covered politics, health, technology, entertainment and sports as a reporter at USA Weekend magazine. He led teams covering 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the death of Princess Diana for the The New York Times’s website. As the Yahoo News editorial director, he oversaw coverage of presidential elections, the death of Osama bin Laden, and the 2011 tsunami and earthquake in Japan.

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