COM 150 - Introduction to Journalism

This course covers the fundamentals of reporting, writing, and producing news stories for print, broadcast, and online media. Students develop news writing skills for a variety of media platforms, including traditional and new journalism.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Examine and implement reporting strategies for print, broadcast and online news
Write a hard news story in inverted pyramid style and modified inverted pyramid style.
Write a compelling feature story.
Cover a geographic or community beat, developing and producing a story in text, audio, and video.
Apply rules for copy editing, headline writing, photo selection and page layout (digital and print).
Articulate the news cycle and develop skill in handling breaking news.
Consider ethical implications and apply ethical decision making in the field of journalism.
Critically reflect on professional practice.

Prerequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in or completion of ENG 101.
General Education Elective(s): Humanities

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