May be repeated for up to six hours credit, with permission of instructor. An advanced writing course designed to teach students to generate, report and write feature stories for magazines and to market free-lance articles. Primary emphasis will be on magazines, but other publications will be considered. Instruction in the processes of defining the purpose of, designing and producing a publication. This course will familiarize students with computer programs used in publication design.
Students develop their skills through hands-on exercises and projects.
May be repeated to a maximum of three credits under different subtitles. This course takes an intensive look at the editorial content, advertising, business and management side of journalism. This course will examine gender and minority issues in the media. The course offers a critical framework for analysis of socio-cultural issues pertaining to women, ethnic groups, disabled persons, and others, and of their presentation in the media. May be repeated to a total of nine hours under different subtitles.