Transfers ToCSUDescriptionIntroduces two techniques essential to modern journalism: social media and data visualization. The first section of this course is focused on journalism's evolving relationship with social media. Students will use social media sites including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat to find and report stories, cultivate sources and develop ethical social media literacy. Considers the impact of social media on the news media and its relationship to political and social justice issues. Data visualization introduces techniques for finding data sets, cleaning and analyzing the data, and effective design to support audience comprehension. Students will use data visualization software to build stories using data sets. Also considers history and design of news/information visualizations and their impact on society and modern-day storytelling. 