Course Reflection

Writing for New Media picked up for me where Digital Publishing left off. I learned to love the programs and technical aspects of these courses more than the actual Journalism aspect, which was justified part of the way through this course. I initially started to sense a change in my feelings towards Journalism by the end of Digital Publishing, but Writing for New Media solidified those thoughts.

What I enjoyed most about this course was working with Dreamweaver, Soundslides and the other programs involved in putting together our package. I never thought I could work on computers until I started taking new media courses, but now I wish i had taken them earlier. If I had the opportunity to take Digital Publishing a year ago, followed by Writing for New Media, I would probably considered taking more computer classes to try to improve my developed skills.

Unfortunately, although I understand that the reporting is the most important aspect of this class, I did not feel as fulfilled as I thought I would now that my assignments are completed. This could be due to time constraints on my assignments due to pressures from the workloads of other classes. If I could do college again, I would never take Writing for New Media and Mass Communications Research the semester I graduated again.

As for suggestions, I like the idea that Professor Lieb choose the topics for the class. In my Mass Comm Research class, our topics were chosen for us and it made research much simpler. Much of my initial stress of the course was caused by trying to select a topic. I feel this will allow students more time to research the topic if they know it by the first or second week of class.

Overall, this was a positive experience, but I wish just wish I had taken it prior to graduation. I also would love to take a non-credit course like this outside of college. This would actually give me the chance to focus on this information, instead of juggling meetings, part-time job, 5 classes and life. I honestly consider it a miracle I got everything done, but it is a nice feeling.