Prerequisites:JOUR 170 and at least Junior standing, or consent of instructor This course is designed to examine the Internet’s influence over traditional news media, and to explore multimedia formulas that effectively deliver news in the information age. Students will learn to report and write news stories, and to produce interactive and multimedia elements for online publication. The course will cover: a) a review of commercialization of the Internet; b) multimedia platforms; c) audio video production for the Internet; d) newswriting for the Internet; e) texture analysis of multimedia platform storytelling; f) video storytelling on an Internet platform.