JOUR328O

Special Topics in News Writing and Reporting; News Application Development

Prerequisite: JOUR472 or permission of college. A class that combines a survey of work in this area, featuring work done at organizations like ProPublica, the Associated Press, the San Francisco Chronicle and others, with practical skills in reporting and building news applications. Students will review and critique existing news apps, read materials from those who built them and develop projects in small groups that display data in a news app style. Key skills gained include: backend development, frontend development, command-line usage and some data analysis.

Sister Courses: JOUR328A, JOUR328B, JOUR328C, JOUR328D, JOUR328E, JOUR328F, JOUR328G, JOUR328I, JOUR328J, JOUR328K, JOUR328L, JOUR328M, JOUR328N, JOUR328P, JOUR328Q, JOUR328R, JOUR328T, JOUR328U, JOUR328V, JOUR328W, JOUR328X, JOUR328Y, JOUR328Z

Spring 2025

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.71 between 43 students*

JOUR328O Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540455055606570758085% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 18.6%
A: 58.14%
A+: 6.98%
B+: 6.98%
C: 2.33%
C+: 2.33%
W: 2.33%
other: 2.33%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.