Program: Multimedia Storytelling Graduate Certificate - University of Memphis

Apr 03, 2025

2024-2025 GRADUATE CATALOG

The Graduate Certificate in Multimedia Storytelling offers students both practical and theorectical instruction in storytelling using multimedia technology: words, pictures, graphics, video, audio and social media. The certificate program emphasizes the technical expertise needed to create multimedia projects and the reporting and storytelling skills needed to create compelling content in today’s media market.

Objectives of the program include:

Teach students the technical skills needed to produce multimedia projects in today’s media environment. Technical skills taught: writing, photography, video, design, audio and social media.
Teach students how to create compelling content from a variety of sources, topics and fields.

Program Admission

Prospective students must submit the following in order to be considered for admission:

Application
Resume
Undergraduate transcript
Goal statement

Program Requirements (12 hours)

Students are required to take JRSM 7350 - Multimedia Reporting ** and JRSM 7510 - Information Design ** and then choose two of the following:

JOUR 6150 - Sports Writing/Reporting Credit Hours: (3)
JOUR 6155 - Multimedia Sports Reporting Credit Hours: (3)
JOUR 6160 - Food Writing/Reporting Credit Hours: (3)
JOUR 6170 - Business Reporting/Writing Credit Hours: (3)
JOUR 6180 - Public Issues Writing/Reporting Credit Hours: (3)
JOUR 6190 - Opinion Writing/Reporting Credit Hours: (3)

Graduation Requirements

Students must complete four courses with at least a B in each course.

Retention Requirements

Each student will meet with the JRSM graduate director for advising each semester. The graduate director will review the students’ progress in the program and offer advice on how to proceed. Students are required to maintain a B average to remain in good academic standing at the university. No student will get credit for a course unless the students gets at least a B. Any course where less than a B in received will have to be taken again.