Certificate in Communicating Sustainability - Communicating Sustainability: Media and Messaging SUST 3107   Communicating Sustainability: Media and Messaging
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Sustainability is one of the most crucial news topic of our time. Through a workshop-driven approach, this course will encourage students to read these stories through a critical lens, produce journalism that is true to the science, and work with journalists on this topic. Each week, students will identify and critique pieces from legacy media, such as radio, TV, newspapers, and magazines; online sources including social media, podcasts and vlogs; and even current academic journal articles. We will consider these stories from the perspective of subject specialists, media consumers, and journalists. We'll look at what makes a story effective, the credibility of its sources and evidence, and how to responsibly communicate complex issues to a general audience. In parallel with this analysis, students will pitch their own media project ideas to an ‘editorial board’ of students and instructors, who will offer feedback. Students will then work in interdisciplinary teams to develop a media work from a pool of refined project pitches.
RESTRICTIONS: Restricted from 0-59 credit hours
EXCLUSIONS: SUST 3953.03, JOUR 3575.03 (taken in Winter 2022 and Winter 2023), ENVI 5052.03 (taken in Winter 2022 and Winter 2023)