JOUR 205 - Newswriting KCC AA/DL

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Kapiolani Community College

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3 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): A grade of "B" or higher in ENG 100, or consent of instructor. JOUR 205 focuses on the basic principles of writing for media: understanding audience and purpose, developing a focus, gathering information efficiently, writing basic news story formats with speed and accuracy, using the Associated Press style sheet, and applying ethical and legal standards. Upon successful completion of JOUR 205, the student should be able to: Identify the basic characteristics of news. Identify audience and purpose for any given news story. Identify hard and soft news story formats and their purposes. Develop story ideas from a variety of sources, including interview, observation, appropriate spin-offs from world and national headline news, statistical data, and the Internet. Interview a subject using appropriate questions and strategies, including email. Use several note-taking strategies, including tape recorder. Gather information by networking and through observation, Internet, library sources, city and telephone directories and electronic databases. Use the library's Voyager and other electronic databases efficiently. Write hard and soft news leads, including breaking news, second day, delayed ID, quote, contrast, impact and soft leads. Develop a story using summary, paraphrase, quotation, description, narration, analogy. Write news stories using the following formats: inverted pyramid, hourglass, list, Wall St. Journal, narrative, speech/ meeting advance and follow-up, obituaries, press releases, and short personality profiles. Use the Associated Press Style. Understand and apply legal guidelines such as libel, fair comment and criticism, qualified privilege, privacy, copyright, obscenity. Apply the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics to all news coverage. Demonstrate an awareness of the rights, interests, and sensitivities of minorities. Write articles acceptable for publication in the school newspaper, both print and Web versions.

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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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