Get real-world experience reporting political

and public affairs news, Winter 2015

24 credits of communications courses based at the BYU Salt Lake Center

Open to journalism (print, digital, broadcast) and public relations students in
the BYU communications major. Students will report on the Utah Legislature
and public affairs issues in an urban setting.


What Comms students are saying about the
experience:

I loved the Capitol experience because
of how much I learned. I was thrown
directly into something that forced me to
step up and gave me real life experience.
It really helped improve my skills as a
reporter. . . I feel like the best way to learn
is by actual experience.


Having (Comms) 321 in Salt Lake was an
incredible experience. It felt like more of an
internship than a class, and that became
even more apparent as I described the
experience on my resume. The most valuable
part for me was learning the power of
storytelling. Often times, the legislation that
I covered could be dry at face value, but it
taught me to find the narrative grist by delving into topics and into the lives of
real people of influence.

Talk to Prof. Joel Campbell or Prof. Ben Whisenant for more information.

Option 1. Live in Salt Lake City during the semester. Here is links to housing
available to students near the Salt Lake Center and LDS Business College.
https://www.ldsbc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Item
id=421 Free parking is available at the center.

Option 2. Take Frontrunner or Trax to the Salt Lake Center. Travel between the
Provo Frontrunner station and North Temple Frontrunner station is about 60
minutes. Wi-Fi is available on trains. It is about a five-minute walk from the
Frontrunner station to the Salt Lake Center. It is about a nine-minute bus ride from
the North Temple Frontrunner station to the State Capitol. You can ride the bus free
with a transfer from Frontrunner. The current BYU student rate is $148.50 for a 30-
day Premium pass which includes Frontrunner. See the following web site for info
about student rates https://www.rideuta.com/studentpass



The following classes will be offered during the Winter 2015 semester at the Salt
Lake Center (updated Oct. 29, 2014 See schedule below).

*Comms 321, News Reporting, Mondays and Wednesdays.
*Comms 328, Backpack Journalism, Monday nights
Comms 420 Advanced Print Reporting, Mondays and Wednesdays.
*Comms 300 Media Ethics, Law and Responsibility, Wednesday nights
*Comms 308 Journalism Research Methods, Tuesday nights
Comms 328R Special Topics in Broadcasting, Mondays and Wednesdays
Comms 326 Performance for Broadcast, Wednesdays
*Comms 482 Media and Religion, Thursday nights

*Add code available through SL Center Registrar, at Rebecca.Lueck@byu.edu
801-933-9427.







WI15 Monday T Wednesday Th Friday
8 a.m.
1
p.m.
Reporting at
Legislature
Reporting at Legislature Reporting at
Legislature
1 p.m. 321 LAB
Whisenant

321 LAB Whisenant


321 LAB
Whisenant
2 p.m. LAB
Whise
nant

327R-
001,
Special
topics
Broadcas
ting,
Campbell
LAB
Whisenan
t
327R-001,
Special topics
Broadcasting,
Campbell
LAB
Whisenant
3 p.m. 321-007,
News Reporting,
Whisenant

420-001,
Advanced Print
Reporting,
Campbell
321-007,
News
reporting,
Whisenan
t
420-001,
Advanced
Print
Reporting,
Campbell
326,
Performance
for Broad
cast, King
LAB
Whisenant
4 p.m. 328
Backpack
Journalism
4-6:30 p.m.

308-002.
Research
methods
for
Journalism,
4 6:30
p.m.
Carlisle
482-001,
Media and
World
Religions,
4-6:30 p.m.
Campbell

5:30
p.m.
300-004
Media Ethics, Law and
Responsibility
5:30 p.m. 8 p.m.
Whisenant