Principles of News is a primer for any student interested in learning more about how rise of digital media over the past 25 years has drastically changed the landscape for how journalists report, write, produce and distribute news. Students will learn some of the fundamentals about how news organizations have had to adapt to a world where social media, fake news, and new business models. Veteran journalist, educator and author Cornelius “Neil” Foote, Jr. draws off his vast experience to offer students a practical, informative and interactive approach to understanding how journalism has changed.
Cornelius F.
Foote Jr.
Cornelius "Neil" Foote currently teaches classes in multimedia storytelling, business journalism, media entrepreneurship and media management. He is co-director of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference and advisor to the UNT’s NABJ student chapter. He also is a contributor to the textbook, Race, Gender, Class, and Media: Studying Mass Communication and Multiculturalism (Kendal Hunt Publisher 2017). Foote has worked at The Miami Herald, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, the Belo Corporation, the Tom Joyner Morning Show and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Foote has B.A. from Wesleyan University holds a Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University and an M.B.A from Southern Methodist University.