COM 210 - Introduction to Journalism 3 cr.

This course introduces students to the process and techniques of journalism with a hands‐on approach that will focus on the writing and editing of a variety of news stories and short features. While the emphasis will be an application to print media, photojournalism as well as internet and broadcast journalism will be explored. Members of the class act as the staff of the campus online newspaper and are expected to contribute articles to it as part of their course requirements. Prerequisite: COM 111 and ENG 102. fall 2014, fall 2015 NOTE: An average of an additional 30 hours outside of class time is required to cover events, conduct interviews and get source material for stories.