Student Work

A showcase of SJMC students' best work

Magazine Production

Students in the Spring 2009 JOUR 5174 Magazine Editing and Production class produced a magazine and companion Web site called Mettle, which took an in-depth look at the recession and its effect on the millennial generation. Read the magazine.

Cover image of Mettle magazine

Photojournalism

Samples of student work from JOUR 4302 Electronic Photojournalism, a basic skills course designed to teach a journalism student the fundamentals of electronic photojournalism as practiced by newsrooms across all forms of media. The focus of the course is on the fundamental skills of identifying stories, gathering facts, analyzing that information and photographing those stories. See more student work projects from JOUR 4302.

Video Journalism

Samples of student work from JOUR 4451 Advanced Electronic News Writing and Reporting. The emphasis of this course is researching, reporting, shooting, writing and editing TV news packages. Students learn to master the use of digital cameras and a desktop non-linear system (Final Cut Pro). Students also learn how to better write to video, how to improve their voice work and on-camera performance. Students research reports, shoot, write and edit TV news packages and create a resume tape. Students will contribute reporting, writing, anchoring and other work for University Report, the University’s online broadcast news program. View more student work from JOUR 4451.