In 2007, the faculty of Eastern Illinois University’s journalism department took the ambitious step of mandating a multimedia storytelling course for all students in the journalism program.
Here is the multimedia course syllabus
Intro to Multimedia Journalism
DescriptionAn Introduction to basic elements of multimedia journalistic storytelling, including audio, video, slideshows, and online journalism formats.
Outcomes
Students will be able to:
• identify elements of multiple media used in journalistic storytelling.
• critically evaluate professional journalistic multimedia packages.
• produce audio story packages.
• produce video story packages.
• combine audio and still photographs to produce audio slideshows.
• demonstrate understanding of characteristics of online journalistic storytelling.
• produce stories for online news site.