NWCCD 2018-19 Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
NWCCD 2018-19 Catalog [This is an Archived Catalog.]

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CO/M 2100 - Reporting and News Writing


This course focuses on the development of news sources and the selection and organization of information.  This course also includes: types of news, development and trends of journalistic forms, and intensive practice in news-gathering,
including primary and secondary research, and writing news.

Credits: 3

Instructional Method Lecture

Prerequisites:
ENGL 1010 - English I with a grade of “C” or better

Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of CO/M 2100 Reporting and News Writing, the student will:

  1. define major concepts in the journalism discipline.
  2. write effectely at an advanced level according to journalistic style that includes primary (interviews, surveys) and secondary (databases, news archives, etc.) research.
  3. investigate the various types of newspaper articles.
  4. apply writing skills to the expectations a specific article demands.
  5. select pertinent sources for testimony.
  6. incorporate pertinent sources in a coherent news story.
  7. apply hournalistic standards and ethics.




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