Iowa Journalism School Adds Video Games Writing to Curriculum

This fall, the University of Iowa’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will offer a course in writing about video games and reporting on the industry. “My idea is that everyone can learn from video games,” Kyle Moody, the course’s instructor and a teaching assistant in the journalism school, told The Daily Iowan, the independent newspaper of the university. “I am into video games, but I see it more as a way for learning; to write about technology experiences and lifestyle z16 เครดิตฟรี and culture, video games are the entry point to me.”(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); A more senior faculty member indicated that the mushrooming news coverage of the z16 เครดิตฟรี188 games industry means her school should be training writers in how to write about it. “There’s a big video-game industry out there that has a really active audience,” said l86 Julie Andsager, the director of the university’s Media Research Lab. “[People] are reading stories about video games and publications – the more our students can learn how to write for that market, the better.” The course is called “Specialized Reporting & Writing, Video Games & Communication” and it will be offered beginning in the fall term of 2012. UI journalism teacher adds video game narrative writing course to Fall 2012 curriculum [The Daily Iowan via GamePolitics] (Top photo via University of Iowa)