The course aims to teach students major principles, concepts and skills of multimedia authoring using the generative AI tools. The course will also comprehensively review the technical features and controversial issues of the major generative AI tools that can produce text, images, sound, and video, and how these tools can be integrated in the multimedia content production, such as data visualization, news reporting, interactive communication dashboard, and short video production. The students will be equipped with a wide range of practical and professional skills in the use, design, production and deployment of creative, effective, and impactful multimedia reporting products/projects that incorporate such media elements as text, images, sound, animation, video with the proper and ethical use of generative AI. The students will also understand and address the policy and ethical issues related to generative AI for news reporting.