The Sagebrush provides an excellent opportunity for students to be published. Other publications are fine, too. The instructor estimates that students will have to devote at least 10 hours outside of class time per week to meet the minimum requirements. Self-starters will thrive in this class. You will get out of this class what you put into it.
Journalism is a deadline business.
Therefore, failure to meet even one deadline during the semester can seriously affect your grade. Students are strongly advised to plan their time wisely throughout the semester. A student who waits until the last part of the semester to complete stories, especially their depth articles, will have a hard time getting the article published. The Outpost editors will not have time to produce the story for you at the last minute, nor will the instructor have time to edit all of your depth articles at once. You should have at least half of the stories you expect to publish for the semester done by Oct. 16.