MDIA 4640 - Advanced Media Writing

Institution:

Utah Tech University

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Description:

For all students with an interest in media writing, required in the Multimedia Journalism and Public Relations emphases in Media Studies. Explores styles and topics of feature and opinion writing for newspapers, magazines, blogs and websites for the purposes of entertaining, informing, and persuading. Students will write and workshop original nonfiction with the aim of being published. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Develop feature and op-ed story ideas. 2. Apply effective methods for interviewing. 3. Write using established feature and op-ed story structures and techniques. 4. Determine potential markets for ideas and submit freelance projects. 5. Design a professional portfolio. Prerequisites: MDIA 1130. FA (even)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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