Offered alternate spring terms. An in-depth approach to news reporting including investigative, feature, and editorial writing. The focus is print journalism. The Doane Owl serves as a laboratory for student writing. An introduction to the concepts and terminology of audio and video production.
Students develop pre-production scripts, storyboards, and sets.
Limited enrollment, declared communication and art majors given priority. The course examines the unique style requirements of the various media as well as different applications, including public service announcements, commercials, promos and feature scripts. An investigation of topics not covered in other courses, selected on the basis of student interest and available instruction. An opportunity for supervised, independent study of a particular topic based on the interest of the student and the availability and approval of faculty. The student gains practical hands-on experience in newspaper reporting and photojournalism and develops a sense of professionalism.