College Media Network Courses
College Media Network is committed to providing high-quality, expertly-taught courses that support aspiring journalists, media professionals and those who train and teach them.
Here are our current offerings:
The Basics of Music Journalism
This 8-week learning experience will combine your existing writing skills with your passion for music to teach you why music writing is a unique and thrilling pursuit. It’s the writing course you wish your college offered.
Through personalized feedback, you will learn how to establish your unique critical voice and understand the techniques that will help you unlock a career in music journalism.
If you have a talent for writing and obsess over bands and playlists, this is the place for you. For more info, enter your email below.
Advanced Music Journalism
This 8-week course is designed for those who have completed the Basics of Music Journalism or have sufficient skills and experience with to be ready for advanced training and experiential learning.
There are two main objectives in this course: 1.) Connecting with industry professionals, applying for jobs, building a freelance contact list and answering the big question: do you really have what it takes to work full-time in the music industry?
2.) To take your writing, critical insight and musical knowledge to a place where your work is on par with the best music writing anywhere.
During the course you will work closely with CMN Executive Editor Patrick Foster to design a personal roadmap for success. For more info, enter your email below.
How to Make an Audio Documentary
A six-week course designed for anyone interested in learning the art and craft of great audio storytelling.
Perhaps you’re an aspiring podcaster, radio reporter or family historian. Whatever your audio storytelling goal, this class is for you. You’ll learn effective recording and interviewing techniques, how to use simple editing software and guidelines to help you create your story.
You’ll also have fun listening to great stories and learning tips from some of the masters of the craft, like Ira Glass. This class is conducted like a workshop which means you’ll get lots of helpful feedback from the instructor who has over twenty years of audio storytelling experience.
Sportswriting
An 8-week experiential learning course focused on enhancing your reporting, interviewing and information gathering skills as they specifically relate to the modern sports landscape. Participants will have the opportunity to publish on CMN’s platform, build a multimedia portfolio, and develop your social media reporting skills.
This course provides the ideal hands-on experience that separate you from the multitudes of sports journalism majors.
Want to teach with us?
CMN is always looking for new course ideas and instructors. If you are interested in being part of our team, fill out our Instructor Interest Form.