The course emphasizes accuracy, style and the fundamentals of English usage.
Emphasis is given to verification of facts, libel, ethics and to printing and newsroom technology.
The Associated Press style will be used in all copy. A Pocket Style Manual, by Diana Hacker, St. Martin's Press. Dell Publishing Co. Inc., New York. The New York Times online, daily and Sunday. On reserve at the Boatwright circulation desk, Words on Words by John Bremner, Columbia University Press, New York, 1980.