Week 1 Color olor Introduction to the course W elcome to MC 102, Writing for the Mass Media. This course is designed to teach you some of the techniques of good writing in a professional media environment. It also introduces you to the major forms of writing for the mass media. More lecture notes, etc.
Writing is central to all of the media industries.
The major purpose of writing for the mass media is to present information. Writing for the mass media should be accuracte, complete, efficient and precise. Attendance is extremely important in this course. Click here to look at a few examples of good media writing. Analyzing and imitating the writing that you find here is a good way of learning how to write in this form.