12/27/2024 11:47:13 AM	JOUR 2 Course Outline as of Fall 2013	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  JOUR 2	Title:  NEWS GATH AND WRITING
Full Title:  News Gathering and News Writing
Last Reviewed:11/14/2022

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	1.00		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	17.50
		Contact DHR	2.00			Contact DHR	35.00
		Contact Total	5.00			Contact Total	87.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  JOUR 1B

Catalog Description:

Advanced writing class for print and online media.  Students will build skills in deadline news writing and learn to report, write and use multimedia for a variety of story types, including news, opinion, social issues, entertainment reviews and feature/investigative pieces.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of JOUR 1 and ENGL 1A

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Advanced writing class for print and online media.  Students will build skills in deadline news writing and learn to report, write and use multimedia for a variety of story types, including news, opinion, social issues, entertainment reviews and feature/investigative pieces.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of JOUR 1 and ENGL 1A
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: JOUR 210	Intermediate Reporting/Newswriting	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): JOUR2

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

 

1. Write a variety of news stories, such as police, fire, accident, meeting, speech and

     others on deadline.

2.  Distinguish between techniques for writing for print versus the web.

3.  Find and develop story ideas for news and feature stories.

4.  Find, prepare for and conduct interviews with sources.

5.  Conduct research on story topics.

6.  Write, edit and refine news, feature, opinion and other types of stories.

7.  Critically review a live entertainment performance, restaurant or product.

8.  Create news or feature stories using audio, video or other digital media.

9.  Identify effective journalism strategies and techniques in both professional and

    student stories in print, web and multimedia formats.

Topics and Scope

I.     News Writing

      A. Inverted pyramid

      B. Beat reporting

      C. Deadline writing

      D. Story ideas

      E. Libel and ethics review

 

II.    News Reporting of Story Types

      A. Localizing national stories

      B. Police and fire

      C. Storm and disaster

      D. Court reporting

      E. Obituaries

      F. Writing for the web

      G. Other story types

 

III.   Social Issues Reporting

      A. Immersion journalism

      B. Social issues

 

IV.   Opinion/Editorial Writing

      A. Opinion columns and essays

      B. Writing editorials

 

V.    Entertainment Reporting

      A. Critical review of live events

      B. Movie and other reviews

      C. The critic verses the reviewer

 

VI.   Multimedia Reporting

      A. Multimedia for the web

      B. Podcasts and audio

      C. Audio soundslides and video

      D. Blogs

      E. Storyboarding

      F. Radio/television reporting (optional)

      G. Other

 

VII.  Features and Investigative Stories

      A. Types of feature stories

      B. Story ideas and research

      C. Leads

      D. Story structure

      E. Story elements

      F. Editing

 

VIII. Effective Journalism Strategies and Techniques

      A.  Print

      B.  Web

      C. Multimedia

Assignments:

1. Four (4) to seven (7) major article writing assignments that may include news, court reporting, entertainment review,

   social issues, sports reporting and opinion writing.

2. One (1) to two (2) multimedia assignments that can include audio podcasts, blogging, video, audio soundslides

   or other multimedia project.

3. Reading 5-30 pages per week in reader and textbooks.

4. Complete in-class writing and research assignments.

5. Seven (7) to fifteen (15) short assignments to build reporting and writing skills that may include:

   a. deadline news, feature, opinion, critical review and other out-of-class writing assignments

   b. lead writing assignments

   c. interview assignments

   d. AP Style grammar, punctuation and conciseness exercises

   e. research

   f. story idea charts

6. One (1) to two (2) midterms(s) and final exam.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 30 - 50%
Articles
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 5 - 20%
Homework assignments
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 15 - 30%
Multimedia
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 30%
1-2 midterms and final exam that can include multiple choice, short answer and skill demonstration
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 20%
Attendance and classroom participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor prepared materials

 

The Art and Craft of Feature Writing.  Blundell, William E.  Penguin Group: 1986 (Classic)

 

America's Best Newspaper Writing: A Collection of ASNE Prizewinners.  Clark, Roy Peter

    and Scanlan, Christopher, The Poynter Institute.  Bedford/St. Martin's: 2006.

Or

America's Best Newspaper Writing (latest year edition).  The Poynter Institute for Media Studies:

    new each year.

 

Feature Writing: The Pursuit of Excellence.  Friedlander, Edward Jay and Lee, John.  

     Allyn & Bacon: 2011.

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