The goal of this course is to make you a more well-rounded, forward-thinking, credible, ethical, accurate, nimble and innovative journalist. Keep in mind that this course is also designed to provide you with a variety of new and challenging educational experiences which may include but not be limited to: amazing stories being told, new environments being explored, interesting social exchanges taking place, team successes occurring, outside-the-box experimenting happening, etc. As with any class where you’re practicing the skills essential for real-world success, you get out what you put in. Here are some examples of successful work produced by students enrolled in Journalism 462 (newest > oldest).
SLO Voyagers bring dragon boat racing to Cal Poly
Student Harmine project endeavors to find cure for malaria
Environmental group One With Nature presses for change on the Central Coast
Appendage and Bough offers vintage and quirky products to San Luis Obispo
Declining monarch butterfly populations at risk of parasites if they stay in California
Rock the Vine: Students put on San Luis Obispo’s first wine farmers’ market
Transfer students Garrick and Joseph stand out in first half of men’s basketball season
Liquor Locker: Cal Poly students create an at-home bar
Paying tribute to indigenous roots: Cal Poly prepares for yakʔitʸutʸu
Former football recruit finds passion in the face of adversity
Cause and effect: The proposed Health Services Fee
QL+ Lab makes one-of-a-kind prosthetics for Central Coast community
Current Solutions creates app to prevent sexual assault
An underground look at Campus Dining
One roof, four wheels, endless travel: Adventures on the Denali Bus
College is hard, raising kids in college is even harder
Lightning in a Bottle brings more than music to the Central Coast
Instafamous: From student to social media celebrity
Cal Poly caveman: Psychology lecturer builds caves under his property
Smile. Sip. Strip. The life of a Cal Poly student working as a webcam model
Put a ring on it: Being married in college
OCD: More than being a perfectionist
Porn: Why we don’t talk about it
Virtual reality: Changing the virtually impossible to the virtually possible
Award Winning Work
Arson or accident: Investigating The Sub’s fire
Where is Kristin Smart? 19 years later, Cal Poly student still missing
Cal Poly Athletics Amps Up Drug Testing
Additional Past Projects
Tougher Than Getting the Degree: Getting California Tuition
It’s Not All About Soccer: Cal Poly vs. UC Santa Barbara
Campus Hangover: Cal Poly’s Not-so-dry Alcohol Policies