Learn more about our partner projects listed below. Many projects are password-protected for privacy requirements.

  • DU Media – DU Media is an initiative open for all University of Denver Media, Film & Journalism Studies students who wish to produce multimedia content and to showcase that content online. If you have a cool idea for an online show and/or any other video, audio, written text or story, or photography project that you want to produce, you can pitch your idea to DU Media and work with us on developing the idea further and producing/editing it. Student projects will also have a chance to be submitted to student media competitions locally, regionally, and nationally.
  • MFJS 3170: Data Journalism: This hands-on course teaches reporters and editors to gather, analyze, and visualize interactive data-driven stories. This emerging discipline touches on information and interactivity design, mapping, graphing, animation tools, and data analysis. You are expected to think like a journalist by evaluating data critically and applying what you learn to news stories, information graphics or web applications.
  • Moving Pictures – the Podcast of Project DU F.I.L.M.
  • 80208 – The DU Storytelling & Podcasting Network
  • Colorado Migrahack – 2019 Hackathon Event Hosted by MFJS
  • Rocky Mountain Reverb – A variety show and podcast run by DU Media, Film, and Journalism students
  • MFJS 3811 Studying Star Wars – Lessons from a galaxy far, far away.
  • MFJS 3201 Digital Graphic & Editorial Design – Students explore digital publication and graphic design, from printed layouts (newspaper and magazines) to digital packages (eBooks and mobile apps). Courses focuses on raster and vector tools to create effective presentations and user interfaces. Laboratory fee required. Prerequisites: MFJS 2140.
  • MFJS2420: Cannabis Journalism – The legalization of recreational marijuana by Colorado voters in 2012 signaled an historic change that continues the debate in election referenda and in state legislatures across the country. Denver, and the University of Denver, sit at this historic crossroads. Students will investigate the scope of the marijuana legalization movement and its many political and practical intricacies.
  • MFJS 2290: Innovations in Media and Communications – Today, it is difficult to imagine a life free of the media. There are more than 4 billion mobile phones in the world, and a billion people are now able to access the Internet. Television is available to close to 100% of people living in the media-saturated societies of North America, western and Eastern Europe, and East Asia, with radio widely available almost everywhere else. Moreover, with YouTube, blogs, online gaming, citizen journalism, experimental film, and peer-to-peer file sharing, people are actively creating and sharing their own news and entertainment experiences like never before. Communication technologies are changing the way money circulates, how and where business is conducted, the ways in which labor is deployed, and how people communicate between home and work, national and diasporic contexts. The media are facilitating both globalization and cultural hybridity, at times securing social cohesion and at other moments facilitating social movements for change. Where do these technologies come from? Who controls them? Who profits from them? How are they used, and with what potential implications? What does the future hold? These are some of the questions the class will address.
  • FSEM 1111: Horror Films – Horror films serve as tales of morality and, as such, their themes tend to fluctuate in accordance with cultural zeitgeists. They offer commentary on socio-cultural-political aspects, and they also have an ongoing market. Since they are inexpensive to make but have the potential to bring in profit, horror films are popular among producers. Due to their construction of fear aspect, they tend to create a lot of intrigue and dedicated fan bases. From their production to their ideological messaging to their reception, horror films offer spaces rich for cultural understanding and critical dialogue. In fact, it is these aspects that make horror films a wonderful jumping off point for discussion – students tend to love them and they are usually very accessible. With this in mind, this course will use the platform of horror films to draw first-year students into academic discourse and intellectual community. Starting where they are (i.e., with a film genre that is familiar and accessible), this course will encourage students to be active viewers and critical thinkers as they explore the impact of globalization on horror films, the implication of franchises on horror cinema, and the representation of intersectional identities (both on and off-screen).
  • FALL 2020 MFJS 2140: Newswriting & Reporting – Fundamentals of newswriting and reporting for print and broadcast journalism.
  • Winter 2021 MFJS 2140: Newswriting & Reporting – Fundamentals of newswriting and reporting for print and broadcast journalism.
  • MFJS 2240: Online & Visual Journalism – An introduction to web-based, print, video, and audio news in a rolling deadline format. It also includes a project-based cross-cultural component to highlight internationalization of the news industries and to build upon the internationalization focus of the University.