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 Department:    JOUR

 Course #:    202

 Credits:    2

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    2

 CIP:    090102

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

This course is designed to enhance newswriting skills as part of a student newspaper by expanding research and interviewing skills into investigative reporting, page editing, and multi-media writing experiences. This course is repeatable up to 6 credits.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: JOUR 101 with a "C" or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 22

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

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

1. Apply ethical principles to newswriting through fact-checking, consistent and proper attribution, and fair and balanced reporting;
2. Develop and coordinate appropriate news story topics and photos (or other graphics) with a news team;
3. Enhance interviewing, surveying, and/or online/in-person information-gathering skills to apply to research and content development for news stories;
4. Cultivate multiple contacts and conduct extensive research in developing a single investigative news report;
5. Evaluate news stories and select appropriate content for one page of a student newspaper (page-editing) working with the editor;
6. Appropriately adapt and publish news stories written for print to one or more other media (radio, TV, web, etc.);
7. Use recognized writing conventions to proofread and revise news stories for flow, style, and completeness;
8. 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. Ethics & attribution in news reporting
2. Advanced news story development
3. Research & investigative reporting
4. Multi-media reporting and presentation
5. Proofing & revising copy
6. Page editing, layout, & design
7. Time management & meeting deadlines