This crash-course in journalism skills will take students through the core essentials of journalistic reporting.

This survey class will prepare you for this fall if you are joining as a staff member, section editor or even editor in chief.

This class is designed for beginning photographers with DSLR cameras. The course will focus on camera functions, including manual camera controls. Students will also concentrate on tips and tricks on photo composition and visual storytelling.

Learn how to report and tell audio stories with the general manager and team of directors at Impact 89FM, Michigan State University’s award-winning student radio station.

It’s time to develop our skills and a solid social media plan that will meet readers on their social media platforms and bring them to your website, if you have one. If you don’t, that is ok! You are welcome here, because this course will focus on getting everyone up to speed and using social media platforms to meet readers where they are the most...on social media.

Aimed at photographers who already have experience shooting with manual camera controls, this class will allow students to “work with a pro.” Professional photojournalists Michael Caterina and Ike Lea will show you how to become a stronger visual storyteller while mastering your camera.

InDesign is the basic tool that journalists use to design various types of print publications. The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with Adobe InDesign and to instruct them in proper tools to create effective design conveying visual and verbal purpose. Trending graphic design and visual artistry will be emphasized. Students will be given access to a web-based version of InDesign for the duration of the course.