Designed for general education, career exploration, and consumer understanding of the interacting and influences among and between media and our culture. Methods of instruction include lecture, examples of mass media, guest lectures, active and interactive activities. May be taken as JOUN 110 or COMM 110.
Students receive credit for only one course.
The principal focus will be on writing and reporting for newspapers, and will include story-writing assignments for the student newspaper or other media. Meets for 14 weeks. Writing Students will gain practical experience in producing the student newspaper. Students in this course serve as the editorial board of the school newspaper. Newspaper Production Students will gain practical experience in producing the student newspaper.