WRT 200 - Fundamentals of Journalism

This course introduces students to the basic skills of reporting with hands-on experience in gathering news interviewing, researching, and investigating. Students draft, edit and finalize news stories, profiles, features news-features reviews, and commentaries. Peer reviews and writing workshops will improve students’ abilities to self-edit. Analytical discussion of current news is a central element of the course. Students also examine the contemporary news/media environment, corporate ownership of news organizations, and the central function that a free press plays in American democracy.
Prerequisites: ENG-111 OR COR-115
Credits: 3
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