Journalism (JOUR)

JOUR 101 Journalism and Society (Cr3)(3:0)
History and current climate of journalism in America; ethical problems in the practice of journalism using a case study approach; principal public criticism of news media, roles and functions of journalism in a multicultural society. Also available through Online Learning.

JOUR 102 Copyediting (Cr3)(3:0)
Editing copy, writing headlines and captions; some layout, coordinating news values with space limitations; consideration of ethical problems in the management of news. Pre- or coreq. - ENGL 101. Also available through Online Learning.

JOUR 103 Newswriting (Cr3)(2:2)
Fundamentals of newswriting and news gathering; finding stories, covering community events, interviews and beat reporting; news values, legal and ethical issues. Formerly ENGL 103. Pre- or coreq. - ENGL 101. Also available through Online Learning.

JOUR 201 Feature Writing (Cr3)(3:0)
Fundamentals of feature writing, chiefly for newspapers; finding story ideas; conducting research and interviews; developing articles using delayed, narrative or anecdotal leads; applying ’fiction techniques’ such as characterization, setting, dialogue, metaphor and description. Formerly ENGL 105. Prereq. - JOUR 102 and 103. Also available through Online Learning.

JOUR 202 Reporting in the Information Age (Cr3)(3:0)
Publishing to the Internet; basic HTML and Web page design; computer-assisted reporting techniques including research, retrieval, analysis and presentation of data in news and feature stories. Prereq. - JOUR 102 and 103. Also available through Online Learning.

JOUR 203 Writing for Public Relations (Cr3)(3:0)
Introduction to the principle of public relations and marketing communications; application of a journalistic style to the preparation of Position Papers, Backgrounders, Fact Sheets, Biographical Sketches, and News Releases. Prereq. - JOUR 101 and 103 (for Journalism majors) or ENGL 101C (for other majors). Also available through Online Learning.