Electronic News Gathering

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the concepts and practices of professional news gathering for media. The role of news in media is explained, with emphasis on identifying basic forms of news delivery. Students will practice the techniques of determining a story's newsworthiness, researching, copy writing, interviewing, producing, writing to the image, and editing news stories. Additional emphasis will be placed upon ethics and professionalism in electronic news. Prerequisites: BMC 250 and ENG/COM 157, and matriculation in BMC program, or permission of department.