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Communication Teacher Volume 35, 2021 - Issue 3: Neoliberal Capitalism has Failed: Teaching Communication toward a New Political Economy
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Immersed in oil: Community journalism, petroculture, and environmental justice in Los Angeles

Jason Jarvisa Communication Studies Department, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Tara Pixleyb Journalism/English Department, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3957-244X
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Pages 183-190 | Published online: 31 May 2021
 
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Abstract

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Digital Storytelling, Community Journalism.

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This course is designed to introduce students to basic concepts in digital storytelling and community journalism. “Immersed in urban oil” is an interdisciplinary project-based, community-engaged course focused on documenting the historical and contemporary oil infrastructures of LA County. Students are taught how to produce a publicly accessible and immersive digital library that highlights issues of environmental justice in the past/present of local Los Angeles oil production. Visual journalism and community storytelling inform the reporting, media production, and digital methodologies components of the course.

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