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 Department:    JOUR

 Course #:    101

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    090102

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

The course is designed to develop skill in investigative research and reporting, news-writing, and the basic principles of journalism. This introductory class focuses primarily on researching, writing/reporting skills.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a "C" or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Humanities  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify and describe journalistic and ethical principles and apply them to newswriting;
2. Brainstorm, evaluate, select, and coordinate news topics as part of a news team;
3. Apply appropriate interviewing, surveying, and/or online/in-person information-gathering skills to researching and verifying content for news stories;
4. Construct a basic news story that contains a headline, lead, facts, and, if available, quotations and photos/captions;
5. Use recognized writing conventions to proofread and revise news stories for flow, style, and completeness;
6. Cultivate contacts and cover/produce news content related to various beats/pages and develop news stories that reflect them;
7. Analyze and evaluate newspapers and news stories from personal, campus, local, national, and/or global sources for audience, effectiveness, and accuracy;
8. Explore and characterize basic newspaper production and journalism careers;
9. Manage time effectively by meeting copy deadlines and other due dates.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. The Basic News Story
2. Interviewing
3. Beat System
4. Establishing Contacts
5. Principles of Journalism
6. Lifestyle Pages
7. Sports Pages
8. Editorials & Opinion Pages
9. Ethics
10. Role of Student Press in Media
11. Careers in Journalism