Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004; Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.

These three-credit courses offered to top undergraduate students require students to work as multimedia reporters, producers and/or editors for an award-winning online newsmagazine, Maryland Newsline. Some of the stories they write are nonlinear, some are interactive, and many include visuals. Students also work with photos, audio, video and graphics to build stories and special reports. I serve as editor of the publication.

* JOUR 655: Online News Bureau

Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004; Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.

This six-credit course offered to grad students in the new-media concentration requires students to work as multimedia reporters, producers and/or editors for an award-winning online newsmagazine, Maryland Newsline. Some of the stories they write are nonlinear, some are interactive, and many include visuals. Students also work with photos, audio, video and graphics to build stories and special reports. I serve as editor of the publication. 

* JOUR 352: Online Journalism

Fall 2000; Spring, Summer and Fall 2001; Spring 2002 and Fall 2002; Spring and Fall 2003; Spring and Fall 2004; Spring and Fall 2005; and Spring, Summer and Fall 2006. Spring, Summer and Fall 2007. Spring 2008.

This course includes lectures on new-media themes, such as the business, ethical and legal implications of publishing online, plus Web research and hands-on Web assignments. Students learn about Web navigation, hypertext linking,  layout and photo basics, and headline and caption writing, while building a multi-page biography and news and feature reports. Three credits. 

* JOUR 652: Online Journalism for Graduate Students

Fall 2000; Spring, Summer and Fall 2001; Spring 2002 and Fall 2002; Spring and Fall 2003; Spring and Fall 2004; Spring and Fall 2005; Spring 2006; and Spring, and Summer 2007. Spring 2008.

This course includes lectures on new-media themes, such as the business, ethical and legal implications of publishing online, plus Web research and hands-on Web assignments. Students learn about Web navigation, hypertext linking,  layout and photo basics, and headline and caption writing, while building a multi-page biography and news and feature reports. Three credits.

JOUR 325/625: Reporting from Annapolis and Washington

Spring 1992 through Spring 1997; Fall 1998.

Advanced training in public affairs reporting. Students work four days a week covering state and federal news as part of the college's Capital News Service. Stories assigned and edited by a faculty-instructor are transmitted to client papers throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., including Baltimore's Sun and The Washington Post. Six credits. 

JOUR 372: Writing the Complex Story

Spring 2000

An advanced seminar and writing class on explanatory and narrative journalism techniques. Students report, write and re-write four feature stories: an “explainer” that walks up a pending court case or city/county council vote (800 words); a trend story describing a new craze in popular culture or a push by various local governments to accomplish something (1,000 words); a situation story that describes how a person, family or community tackled and overcame an obstacle or problem (1,000 words); and a profile of a prominent or noteworthy person (1,600 words). Three credits. 

JOUR 728: Topics in Public Affairs Reporting, with Christopher Callahan

A seminar highlighting issues and problems public affairs reporters can expect to confront on the beat--ranging from spin by spokesmen for political candidates to legal jargon on the court beat. A research paper is required. Three credits. 

* JOUR 502: Public Affairs Reporting

Summer Session II from 1991-1997

A second-level reporting and writing class for graduate students. A number of in-class and out-of-class stories will be assigned, including those resulting from a government meeting, a Circuit Court case and federal campaign contribution filings. The final story is a profile of a public figure. Three credits. 

JOUR 201: News Writing and Reporting I

Numerous summers from 1992-1997, and again in summer 2002

An introduction to news and news concepts for undergraduate students interested in careers in the print, electronic and online media, with a number of in-class writing assignments. Three credits. 

JOUR 202: News Editing

Several summers between 1992 and 1997

An introduction to the Associated Press stylebook and to rules of copy editing, page layout, headline and cutline writing, photo sizing and Web coding. Three credits