This laboratory course teaches students to use desktop publishing equipment and modern design principles to produce a newspaper. It emphasizes interview and research techniques. Students use concepts learned in liberal arts courses to go beyond the mere facts of a story to add depth that will help readers understand issues. Students function as editors, making assignments and directing production. This course provides training in the necessary skills students must demonstrate to obtain entry-level employment as news reporters and editors in radio.
Students learn broadcast writing and reporting techniques.
The course is designed primarily for those interested in newscasting as a career. This course concentrates on developing students' skills in writing various kinds of poems and in developing fiction techniques. In addition to exploring different poetic forms, students learn how to create characters, establish conflict, and develop a plot while writing a short story. Students examine the work of professional poets and fiction writers. Creative Writing II Students continue to develop their voices as writers by working on the genre of their choice, either poetry or fiction, while also studying the one-act play.