JOUR 285 - News and Magazine Production

Institution:

Kapiolani Community College

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Description:

One credit: 2 hours lecture/lab per week for 16 weeks or 4 hours lecture/lab for 8 weeks Two credits: 4 hours lecture/lab per week Three credits: 6 hours lecture/lab per week Alternate schedules may be arranged with instructor Prerequisite(s): Qualification for ENG 100, ENG 160 or ESL 100, or instructor consent. Comment: May be repeated two times for additional credit. The maximum number of credits for JOUR 285 (any combination of alpha suffixes) is nine credits. JOUR 285 focuses on the theory and practice in production of a small newspaper or magazine for print and/or web. Includes gathering and writing news, editing news stories and journal articles, writing headlines and captions, type design, page layout, digital photography, advertising design, paste-up, web production. Students may choose to concentrate on one or any combination of three paths. Upon successful completion of JOUR 285, the student should be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of how a newsroom operates: deadlines, work flow, relationship of each position to the whole. Identify the location of departments and facilities on campus and explain the basic organization of the college. Demonstrate proper use and care of the computer and storage devices. Demonstrate skill with word processing, email and web search. Demonstrate ability to use the editing tools in a page layout application. Demonstrate an understanding of news criteria. Apply basic Associated Press Style guidelines. 9 Demonstrate an understanding of copyright laws. Demonstrate an understanding of the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics.

Credits:

1.00 - 3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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