Almost anyone these days can perform an act of journalism: collect, interpret, and distribute information. Our decentralized, increasingly visual information ecosystem has reshaped how people understand what is happening in their communities and around the globe. This many-to-many system allows all sorts of people to present different perspectives and reach various audiences. It also makes it harder to distinguish reliable reporting from false, inaccurate, or intentionally misleading tales. The core exercise in this course is a daily practice in which students choose one news story to share each day with their classmates. Lectures and readings will cover the history of news and introduce students to fundamental journalistic concepts as they play out across contemporary media, from wire stories to mobile video. Students will discuss shared stories and reflect on how their own news habits develop over the course of the semester. Students must register for both the lecture and discussion section of this course. [This ULEC is in category 1, Tools for Social Change.]