12/22/2024 4:50:50 AM	JOUR 2L Course Outline as of Spring 2019	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  JOUR 2L	Title:  NEWS GATH & WRITING LAB
Full Title:  News Gathering and News Writing Lab
Last Reviewed:11/14/2022

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	.50	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	.50	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	1.50			Contact DHR	26.25
		Contact Total	1.50			Contact Total	26.25
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 26.25

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: 

Catalog Description:

A lab course in which students will practice Journalism 2 skills involved in learning to develop ideas, report, write and use multimedia for a variety of story types, including news, opinion, social issues, entertainment reviews and feature/investigative pieces.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Concurrent Enrollment in JOUR 2

Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of JOUR 1 and Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

A lab course in which students will practice Journalism 2 skills involved in learning to develop ideas, 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:Concurrent Enrollment in JOUR 2
Recommended:Course Completion of JOUR 1 and Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
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:	Fall 2016	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2016	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Write different types of news stories on deadline for both print and web publishing.

2.  Develop story ideas, conduct research and interviews, and write news and feature stories,

    opinion pieces and entertainment reviews.

3.  Use different media ( i.e. audio, video) to create multimedia news and feature stories.

 

Objectives:

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

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. Online and offline research on social issues

    B. Finding sources and preparing interview questions

    C. Editing audio/video for podcast

IV. Opinion/Editorial Writing

    A. Opinion columns issue research

    B. Strategies for writing editorials and columns

V. Entertainment Reporting

    A. Fundamentals of reviewing

    B. Writing critical reviews

VI. Multimedia Reporting

    A. Storyboarding audio and video stories

    B. Multimedia for the web

    C. Blogs

    D. Social media

VII. Features and Investigative Stories

    A. Fleshing out story ideas

    B. Conducting research

    C. Interview preparation

    D. Writing leads and nut graphs      

     E. Choosing the best story structure

    F. Choosing the best medium for delivery

VIII. Editing

    A. Grammar

    B. Punctuation

    C. AP Style

    D. Active vs. passive

    E. Conciseness

    F. Clarity and precision

    G. Strong verbs

    H. Transitions and story flow

Assignments:

1. Timed skills-building practice and in lab or online assignments as required.

2. Four to five meetings with instructor (either in-person or online) before or after major Journalism 2 assignments.

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 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 40%
In lab assignments
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 40%
In lab skills practice
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 20 - 40%
Attendance and classroom participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor prepared materials

Associated Press Stylebook. Current year.

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