Students will become familiar with Associated Press style, determining news value and media law and ethics. The focus is on developing story ideas, information gathering and basic newswriting. An opportunity for publication in the student newspaper, The Belmont Vision, will be provided. This course deals with reporting techniques including computer assisted reporting, primary documents, Web sources, and interviewing. Principles and techniques in specialized areas such as crime, courts, politics, education, science and business will be covered.
Field work is required.
The course is held in our new Journalism Lab. Fast becoming the program's most requested course, Desktop Publishing provides students the basic skills needed to use Quark Express to produce a variety of publications. A combination of class work and independent practice is required. Typing skill also required. Prerequisite JRN 201 or approval of instructor.