2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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JOURN 135 - Writing the Feature:CD



5.0 Credits
Emphasizes integrating critical reading, thinking, and writing. Covers academic and journalistic composition methods, rhetorical principles, styles conventions and techniques, focusing on feature writing. Explores journalistic theories and the roles of journalism in societies, including market and cultural influences.
Prerequisite Placement in ENGL& 101.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate feature-writing skills (applied to non-breaking news stories, non-news matter, interviews, profiles, columns, etc.) by interpreting events, providing context, identifying sources, foregrounding human-interest elements, and conveying the color of stories and events.
  2. Demonstrate interview skills.
  3. Use headlines, captions, and accompanying photo/graphics to frame and enhance feature stories.
  4. Apply the basic principles of page design, photojournalism, and visual storytelling.
  5. Evaluate both print and electronic publications for article and design quality.
  6. Describe and apply the basic principles underlying libel law, journalism ethics, prior review and the student press, and AP style.
  7. Research submission possibilities.
  8. Describe and evaluate journalism theories and trends, including market and cultural influences.
  9. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.



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