WRI 350 - BREAKING NEWS

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Professional Writing

Description:

This course provides undergraduate students with a more detailed study in the reporting and writing about breaking news, planned and unplanned events that happen and develop quickly in our communities every day. Students will engage with, analyze and respond to breaking stories that develop around them - locally, nationally and internationally monitoring social media, websites, radio, TV outlets and print news sources. Students will also work in their communities, reporting on and writing about breaking news (small and large, planned and unplanned) as it happens around them. They will report and write short news stories using social media, online and print platforms. There will also be the opportunity to post photographs, sound clips and short video of the news they cover.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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