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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
JOUR 2L | Title:
NEWS GATH & WRITING LAB |
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| 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 |
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| | 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:
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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:
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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
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2016 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2016 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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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
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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:
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1. Skills-building practice and in lab assignments as required.
2. Four to five meetings with instructor 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. |
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| 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:
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Instructor prepared materials
Associated Press Stylebook. Current year.
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