Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2025 - PUB 458 BLS1

Journalism as a Publishing Problem (4)

Class Number: 2139

Delivery Method: Blended

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
    Vancouver

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: TBA, TBA
    Vancouver

  • Instructor:

    Trevor Battye

  • Instructor:

    Tracy Sherlock

  • Prerequisites:

    75 units.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Technological change is affecting the media and traditional publishing by disrupting its business model, methods of dissemination, and control. Students will gain foundational skills to begin to understand and evaluate these new publishing models with a specific focus on content, audience, and revenue creation. Students who have taken PUB 480 under the title "Journalism as a Publishing Problem" may not take this course for further credit.

Materials

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

At SFU, you are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all your academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty harms your own learning, undermines the efforts of your classmates who pursue their studies honestly, and goes against the core values of the university.

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.