Reporting and Writing I

Catalog description

(cross-leveled with JOURN 7450 ). Students work in a newsroom according to professional standards and reflecting the best practices of our rapidly changing industry, graded on their growing level of mastery over the course of the semester at a wide range of skills that are crucial to good journalism. Students produce a combination of full-length stories for publication on deadline, including features, multimedia stories and participation in team reporting projects. Students will collect audio, video, photos, write text and use social media effectively for all platforms. Graded on A-F basis only. Credit Hour s : 3 Prerequisites: C- or higher in JOURN 4180 ; Restricted to Journalism majors