Fundamentals of News Reporting

Catalog description

This course serves as an introduction to basic news writing as practiced by journalists and public relations professionals. It covers the basics of news and information gathering; identifying, characterizing and targeting an audience; interviewing; and crafting accurate and informative news stories and features. Students gain hands-on experience by writing a mix of news and feature stories publishable in print or electronic media form. Students also engage in peer review and editing as well as revision of their own work.