JOUR 227 - Writing for Publication Spring KCC AA/DL

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Kapiolani Community College

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3 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 with a grade of "C" or higher, or consent of instructor.Recommended Preparation: JOUR 205; JOUR 205L. Comment: JOUR 227 is cross-listed as ENG 227. JOUR 227 is offered in the Spring semester only. JOUR 227 focuses on writing feature articles for publication in newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and radio. Emphasis is on developing a voice, a focus, and an appropriate structure. Interviewing techniques, research skills, and editing are also stressed. Work may be published in campus and off-campus print and Internet publications or read at campus events. Upon successful completion of JOUR 227, the student should be able to: Use several approaches to generate ideas for articles. Recognize and develop appropriate voice and tone. Choose the appropriate focus and approach to the subject for a selected audience and purpose. Gather information from a variety of sources including interview, observation, printed materials and internet, and evaluate its accuracy and pertinence. Know how and when to attribute information. Write the following types of articles: personality profiles, travel, investigative or in-depth features with a personal focus (commonly called the Wall Street Journal format), analogies providing scientific or technical information, narratives, reviews, informatives, humor. Use pacing, sentence ordering, parallel structure, repetition, metaphor dialogue and flashback. Document information for different kinds of publications. Edit for punctuation, grammar, word choice, appropriate style and format. Understand First Amendment rights and legal and ethical constraints in the areas of copyright, privacy, libel and obscenity. Have some familiarity with various markets for publication and standard procedures in marketing an article.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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