JOUR 1061 - Student Newspaper and Media Lab
Description
Students may earn credit for participation on the staff of a student publication or related digital media outlet. Emphasis will be on news gathering, news and feature reporting, and meeting deadlines. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
Pre-Requisite
NONE
1 Credit Hour(s)
Contact Hours
15 lecture hours
1 Faculty Load Hour(s)
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
ACTS Equivalent
N/A
Grade Mode
A-F
Learning Outcomes
Students completing this course will:
•Report news and feature stories for printed and digital publication according to accepted journalistic style and standards.
•Submit news stories and photographs correctly, according to established guidelines.
•Develop knowledge and competencies in writing, editing, and preparing journalistic content for dissemination or publication.
•Demonstrate effective interviewing and researching skills.•Create and implement a plan to meet deadlines.•Evaluate newsrooms procedures and processes.•Collaborate with editors, reporters, and other entities.
General Education Outcomes Supported
- •Students develop higher order thinking skills.
•Students can write clear, coherent, well-organized documents which are substantially free of errors.
- •Students demonstrate information literacy.
•Students will demonstrate technological fluency.
Standard Practices
Topics list:
•Associated Press style
•News and feature story structure
•Ledes, accuracy, and fairness
•Attribution of sources
•Research
•Copy editing, fact-checking and headline writing
•Attention to mechanics and diction
Learning activities
•Research
•Interviews
•Collaboration with staff and editors
•Class discussion
•Peer review
•Copy editing
•Evaluation and critique
Assessments:
Meeting assignment deadlines, contributing regularly, and preparing content to be placed on pages or on the web by editors and students in newspaper layout and design, critiquing student publications.
Grading guidelines:
•Regularly updated Canvas gradebook
•Extensive revision with written and verbal feedback
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