ENGL 3870 - Basic News Writing and Reporting

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1102 with a grade of C or higher and sophomore status.
Basic news writing in a variety of media; the principles of journalistic writing and the fundamentals and techniques of news reporting and ethics. Practical assignments with laboratory exercises. Emphasis on news gathering and reporting techniques, utilization of news databases and the writing of various types of stories developed from beats and sources.