JOU 161 - News Reporting I

Institution:

Big Bend Community College

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Description:

Prerequisite: ENGL 099 or ENGL& 101 placement. Recommend typing skills. A beginning course for reporters. Contrasts newswriting as a literary form with other forms of prose. Emphasizes accuracy, clarity, and conciseness. Stresses organization of facts in news story through proper evaluation of news values. Covers interview techniques, research, hard-hitting leads, and feature stories stressing unusual angles. A study of libel, publication law and ethics as it applies to reporting news. SE

Credits:

0.00 - 55.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bigbend.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 793-2222

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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