Copy Desk.

Catalog description

Semester course; 2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours (delivered online, face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. Prerequisite: MASC 203 with a minimum grade of C. Enrollment is restricted to students with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. Course work develops professional editing skills for print, broadcast and digital media, including clarity, fact-checking, AP style and adapting audio/television scripts into web articles. The copy desk is a crucial part of getting student work published through Robertson distribution channels. Students also practice headline and caption writing, story formatting and visual presentation for online and social platforms. Class exercises advance AP style, news judgment, legal and ethical standards, and modern newsroom workflow.