JOUR 202 - Advanced Newswriting

Credits: 2
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 22
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

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: JOUR 101 with a C or higher.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Apply ethical principles to newswriting through fact-checking, consistent and proper attribution, and fair and balanced reporting
Develop and coordinate appropriate news story topics and photos (or other graphics) with a news team
Enhance interviewing, surveying, and/or online/in-person information-gathering skills to apply to research and content development for news stories
Cultivate multiple contacts and conduct extensive research in developing a single investigative news report
Evaluate news stories and select appropriate content for one page of a student newspaper (page-editing) working with the editor
Appropriately adapt and publish news stories written for print to one or more other media (radio, TV, web, etc.)
Use recognized writing conventions to proofread and revise news stories for flow, style, and completeness
Manage time effectively by meeting copy deadlines and other due dates.

Course Contents

Ethics & attribution in news reporting
Advanced news story development
Research & investigative reporting
Multi-media reporting and presentation
Proofing & revising copy
Page editing, layout, & design
Time management & meeting deadlines

Instructional Units: 2