Courses
JNLM 115 APPLIED JOURNALISM (1-2 credits)
Allows students to earn academic credit for work on The Earlham Word weekly newspaper or the news staff of WECI, 91.5 FM, both student-run. Campus journalists are expected to uphold professional standards. Most Word staff members write for the newspaper; jobs also available for those with special skills, such as photographers, editors, page designers and artists. WECI journalism students write news for the radio.
*JNLM 235 PHOTOGRAPHY I (3 credits)
Students learn camera operation, experimenting with the ways different shutter speeds and apertures change a photograph, and how to develop film and print their own photographs in a chemical darkroom, while exploring the aesthetic results of their choices. Introduces the history of photography and fundamentals of art criticism. Explores the creative use of photography as a means of personal expression through a variety of projects. Many opportunities to address the class about students' own photographs and to participate in lively group discussions on the work of others. Also listed as ART 235. (A-AP)
*JNLM 301 JOURNALISM I: NEWS REPORTING AND WRITING (3 credits)
An introduction to journalism that helps students establish and refine habits of regular news consumption and critique. Explores why journalism is essential to democracy. Practice on three main reporting techniques — observation, interview and document interpretation — and basic news writing. Final class project published online. Also listed as ENG 301. (A-AP)
JNLM 303 JOURNALISM II: INTRODUCTION TO NEWS PRESENTATION (3 credits)
A hands-on introduction to the presentation of news in print and online. Introduces skills of copyediting, digital darkroom techniques, publication design and editorial decision-making.
*JNLM 321 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING (4 credits)
An introduction to creative writing and the writing workshop process, focusing on the genres of poetry and short fiction but also occasionally exploring other genres (such as playwriting or creative non-fiction). Includes intensive writing and discussion of the craft and process of writing. Prerequisite: An Earlham Seminar, an Interpretive Practices course or consent of the instructor. Also listed as ENG 321. (A-AP)
*JNLM 335 PHOTOGRAPHY II (3 credits)
Advances skills gained in Photography I, with an increased emphasis on conceptual issues and aesthetic content, art theory and art criticism, and how one enters "the art world." One segment combines the best of the old and the new as students learn an historic, non-silver process by coating their own paper to make blue and white cyanotypes or Van Dyke browns with enlarged negatives created digitally with a scanner and Photoshop. Prerequisite: ART 235. Also listed as ART 335. (A-AP)
JNLM 340 TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (3 credits)
Topics vary according to the interests of the faculty.
JNLM 484 FORD/KNIGHT RESEARCH PROJECT (1-4 credits)
Collaborative research with faculty funded by the Ford/Knight Program.
JNLM 485 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3 credits)
Investigation of a specific topic conceived and planned by the student in consultation with a faculty supervisor. Culminates in a comprehensive report.
