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Journalism & Communication

JOUR 335 Visualization Analysis and Design
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to introduce the development and principles of data analytics and data
visualization. It offers students basic knowledge of how visual representations can help in the
analysis and understanding of complex data, and how to design effective visualizations.
Moreover, this course enables students to create visualizations by applying theoretical
knowledge and technical know-how acquired in the course. Upon completion of the course,
students will be able to describe the broad issues in data analytics and data visualization;
demonstrate basic production techniques to prepare particular requirements imposed by the
data; analyse contemporary data visualization design work from different perspectives.

JOUR 341 Digital News and Information Production
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is designed to enable students to develop competencies in editing, producing,
and presenting information and news in electronic-based media using appropriate
technologies, tools, and techniques. Upon completion of the course, students are able to:
produce digital news report stories on the basis of participation in the compulsory workshops
organized for this course; define the general principles of research, interview and filming of
public affairs features; evaluate and execute news scripts and digital news reports and
features, and critically evaluate news production experience and explain potential impact on
future digital news career.

JOUR 342 Data Journalism and Augmented-Reality-Enhanced News
1 Term; 3 Credits
The aim of the course is to equip students with the hands-on skills to become a better
storyteller using data for insight and visualization. This course is divided into three parts. The
first part examines data journalism as a field in journalism and the relevant theoretical and
ethical issues. The second part teaches students elementary knowledge of data mining through
Python. And the third part equips students with skills in data visualization and techniques of
creating augmented reality (AR) outputs. It is expected that these three parts combine to
address the following general issues in data journalism: What is data journalism? How to find
data to support a story and to generate story ideas? How to present data to tell stories with
visualization techniques? How to create interaction with the use of AR technology in enhanced
news storytelling? What changes have the new trends in data science provoked in the field of
journalism?

JOUR 350 Feature Writing
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is designed to further enhance students' interviewing and writing skills, to
serve in general news writing, and also to offer an alternative but deeper form of news writing.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to describe feature writing in various
styles, structure and categories; define a wider sense and perspective in in-depth news writing;

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