New and Updated Course Descriptions

COM 241 - News Reporting

3 Credits

This course focuses on hands-on journalism that develops students' abilities to gather, verify, and present news across multiple media platforms. Students will master fundamental reporting skills including interviewing techniques, fact-checking, and ethical decision-making while learning to craft compelling stories using AP style in appropriate formats for print, broadcast, digital, and mobile platforms. Through real-world assignments and deadline-driven exercises, students will develop the critical thinking, writing versatility, and professional standards essential for modern journalism careers.

Learning Attributes: WR

Course Learning Outcomes
1.Apply journalistic ethics in developing news stories for a variety of media
2.Develop story ideas that have news value and target audience relevance
3.Differentiate between primary and secondary sources based on credibility and purpose
4.Compose journalistic leads for news stories
5.Apply effective interviewing skills to gather information from primary sources
6.Compose news stories for a variety of media within specified deadlines
7.Apply journalistic standards to attribute sources
8.Apply Associated Press (AP) Style Guide standards to writing news stories for a variety of media
9.Evaluate media writing using professional standards and audience expectations

Course Offered Fall, Spring