JRNL 216 - Newspaper Production Editing

5 Credits

Advanced instruction and practicum in editing a regularly scheduled publication.

Pre-requisite(s) JRNL 201
FeesJL

Quarters Typically Offered

Fall Day
Winter Day
Spring Day

Designed to Serve 1. Students interested in writing/ journalism as a career 2. Students opting for an A.A. degree (emphasis in journalism).
Active Date 2014-05-20

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 15
Shared Learning Environment Yes
Contact Hours: Lecture 22 Lab 66 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 88
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area I

Course Outline
1. Pre-production staff meetings. 2. Editing of submitted articles. 3. Working with staff reporters 4. Classroom session with instructor on style and content topics 5. Layout of publication 6. Post-production staff meeting

Student Learning Outcomes
Understand newswriting and production

Make decisions about stories to assign and print

Edit their own and other writer’s work