Description
This course is designed to introduce students to the various kinds of non-fiction writing for the media. Students will progress through the elements of newswriting including the essentials of leads, grammar and style, basic structures, research, and interviewing, as well as feature writing and opinion writing. The journalism lab is designed to create a student-managed school newspaper so students can practice and apply the basics of newswriting that they study in the classroom. Pre-requisite: Must be concurrently enrolled in or have successfully (earned a grade of C or higher) completed ENG-105 or ENG-110 or a comparable English course.