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Courses - Summer 2024
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JOUR502
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Basics of Writing and Editing
Credits: 1
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Restriction: Approval of the College of Journalism.
This skills-based immersion into journalism teaches the foundations of journalism - reporting and writing news. It explores how news is delivered through digital and print publications and how editors and reporters make judgments on what constitutes a story worth pursuing. Students are introduced to reporters' ethics, to the construction of short news stories and basic interviewing and research techniques and to Associated Press style points.