JOUR458B

Special Topics in Journalism; Sports Media Today

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Students will discuss working with various organizations' communications/media relations staff, coaches and players; distributing news of the organizations; and creating/maintaining methods for disseminating that news to the public in an honest and forthright manner. Also, traditional, digital and social media elements will be explored. Restriction: Junior Standing or higher.

Sister Courses: JOUR458A, JOUR458D, JOUR458E, JOUR458F, JOUR458G, JOUR458J, JOUR458K, JOUR458L, JOUR458M, JOUR458N, JOUR458O, JOUR458P, JOUR458R, JOUR458T, JOUR458V, JOUR458X, JOUR458Z

Spring 2026

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Fall 2025

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Spring 2025

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Past Semesters

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Rose DiPaula

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Chartese Burnett

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Beth Mechum

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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 3.78 between 670 students*

JOUR458B Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560657075808590% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 16.57%
A: 25.37%
A+: 43.28%
B-: 1.19%
B: 4.93%
B+: 5.67%
C-: 0.3%
C: 0.45%
C+: 0.3%
D: 0.15%
F: 0.3%
W: 0.6%
other: 0.9%
* "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.