<p>Seminar, four hours. Students learn core journalism writing and reporting techniques—objectivity, neutrality, fact-checking, interviewing, active voice writing, editing—and apply those techniques to producing publishable works of journalism that report on music and music industry. Discussion and exploration of music and music industry landscape as journalists with probing curiosity, critical thinking, reporting, and analysis. Story ideas are pitched as group; and written, reported, and edited as journalism team. Reading and critiquing of wide range of music journalism. Music journalists and musicians as guest speakers. No prior journalism experience necessary. Letter grading.</p>

Music Industry

The school cultivates models for musical studies that integrate exemplary scholarship and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

Herb Alpert School of Music

The program prepares students for transformative, creative career paths in an ever-evolving music industry.

General Catalog

Music Journalism

MSC IND 144

4 units