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CLASSES
ADVERTISING/BUSINESS
Come learn to improve your salesmanship and ad design skills. Learn how to create and design professional looking ads, conduct a consumer survey, create and maintain an accurate budget, market your publication effectively, increase revenues, and create a professional ad package. ($25 lab fee)
CJI CONVERGENCE TEAM
We will select 12 participants to go to Newsplex, the USC School of Journalism's prototype newsroom of the future. Journalists from all over the world come to Newsplex to learn and train next-generation techniques for handling and presenting the news. The 12 participants selected will work with the Newsplex staff to use the newest digital tools to meet the needs of today's and the future's new audiences. They will plan and produce coverage of CJI, the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies, the School of Journalism and the University of South Carolina and publish their work in print and online using videos, podcasts and blogs. Applications for this workshop are available online. ($25 lab fee)
DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Need to learn both desktop publishing software and the elements of good design?
In this computer class instructors will show you how to use InDesign and Photoshop
to integrate design elements and the latest trends into any publication. You will leave with a small portfolio and know how to modify well-designed packages. ($25 lab fee)
LITERARY MAGAZINE
Learn how to combine good writing, design and art/photography into a first-class publication. Whether your school’s magazine is considered a literary magazine, a folk art magazine or one that has expanded to include feature stories and coverage of community events, you will leave with a vast knowledge and a quality mock-up.
PHOTOJOURNALISM
Beginning and intermediate photographers will learn how to produce award-winning publication photographs using digital cameras and Macintosh computers. In this class you will learn about photojournalism, digital imaging basics and basic Photoshop. You will leave knowing how to tell a story through your photos. ($25 lab fee)
PUBLICATION ADVISING
Curriculum, confidence, connecting. Call it Advising 101 or Advising from A-Z, it’s a class where you will not only get a wealth of information on how to teach journalism, where to get resources, how to deal with problems on staff, but you will also leave with a new support system – the CJI instructor and all the class participants.
PUBLICATION DESIGN
Need to develop design skills? In this class you will review basic design elements, learn the rules governing these elements, learn how to break rules effectively and talk about the latest design trends. You will leave able to help your staff improve typography and page consistency and be able to make a designer’s visions jump off the page.
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BROADCAST
TRADITIONAL
Come learn about video journalism and the process of creating a story. In this class you will learn how to interview, write for the ear, pitch stories to the news director, and shoot stories and edit them for airing. With positions assigned, the CJI news team will produce Inside CJI and some nightly shows. ($25 lab fee)
MEDIA FUSION
Learn to tell the stories of the people in your school and community and report the issues that affect them using more than one medium. In this class you will learn the different story characteristics and how to pitch to each media. You will also learn to produce podcasts to cover stories in a timely manner. ($25 lab fee)
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NEWSPAPER
JOURNALISTIC WRITING
Come learn journalistic writing skills and interviewing techniques. Learn how to find credible sources, write leads, use transitions, organize quotes and edit for accuracy, balance, fairness and AP style. Learn the ethics of reporting, writing and meeting deadlines as your story assignments range from news to opinion.
FEATURE & OPINION WRITING
Learn how to improve your feature and column writing skills by learning from professional and student models. You will learn how to edit, develop unique angles, conduct a sophisticated interview, blend source information in features and voice in columns. Leave writing in-depth and informative profiles and great columns.
ADVANCED SECTION EDITORS
In this class, you will learn to gather and organize material to tell the stories of people and the issues that affect their lives. As you learn the art of storytelling, you will also learn how to be an effective section editor and gain editorial leadership. You will learn to coach writers, determine content, refine design and learn the ethics of reporting.
EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP
As a newspaper editor-in-chief, get ready for a year of excitement, responsibility and stress. This class will help you plan your paper’s most successful year by reviewing the basics, considering redesign ideas, dealing with coverage, learning leadership and motivation strategies, gathering story ideas and working around the clock to get the staff kick-started for the year ahead.
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YEARBOOK
COVERAGE, CAPTIONS & VISUALS
Solve the problem of “No one reads our yearbook copy.” In this class you will learn the importance of basing all reporting on observation and interviewing. You will also learn to go beyond traditional feature writing, using techniques for presenting information in alternative formats and improving your caption writing.
THEME BUILDING/EDITORS
Want to go home with a clear direction for your 2008 yearbook? In this class you will develop a conceptual plan using information on coverage and design ideas plus the latest in trends. You will leave with a solid conceptual plan ready to implement by developing designs for the cover, endsheets, opening/closing and dividers. Editors in this class will learn how to deal with deadline management, difficult people, goal setting and confidence building. They will become productive leaders by learning how to coach writers, determine content and refine design.
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