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Aug 31, 2024
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JOUR 102 - News Reporting and Writing Credits: 3 Description Provides fundamental instruction and pre-professional practice in writing as a basis for upper-division courses in journalism and media studies. Analysis of news content and how news is obtained and written. Discussions and laboratory.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Analyze the role of journalists in free society, laws, protections for journalists, rights, and responsibilities
- Employ discernment in selecting news topics using news judgment and news values
- Conduct interviews with news gathering techniques
- Construct news articles in inverted-pyramid style with use of Associated Press Style, grammar, mechanics, proper leads, good construction, and sourcing with proper attribution
- Write press release(s) in proper format with release date, quotes from spokespersons, boilerplates, among other conventions
- Apply broadcast news writing techniques
Prerequisite: ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 110 or ENG 113 Corequisite: None Graded: Letter Grade
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