JOUR 250 : Media Writing
An introductory course in reporting and writing news stories for delivery to different media, including print, online media and video.
Prerequisites
“C” or better in ENG 100.
Course Outcomes
- Analyze the quality of coverage in stories produced by the mass media to become a more informed consumer of news.
- Describe the basic journalistic issues related to news values and communication law and ethics.
- Produce various multimedia writing (print, online media, and video) using journalistic concepts and principles.
- Write, edit and proofread stories for readability, clarity, accuracy, news value, conciseness and mechanics.