This course covers the basics of news and feature reporting and writing, including interviewing techniques, legal/ethical issues, writing strategies, and desk-top publishing. Students produce the campus newspaper and learn about career opportunities. Crosslisted with CMST 188.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 45, Minimum grade C
Co-requisite(s): JOUR 108LA
Lecture Hours: 54.0
Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU
Prerequisite: ENGL 101. Co-requisite JOUR 108. This is a laboratory course which requires Journalism 108 as a co-requisite. The students will improve their writing skills; learn techniques for copy editing, design, and layout; and learn the fundamentals of advertising, photo-journalism, business, and desk-top publishing as they apply to newspaper production and distribution.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 45 or JOUR 108, Minimum grade C
Co-requisite(s): JOUR 108
Lab Hours: 54.0
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only
This lab focuses on intermediate writing and producing the school newspaper and its online version. Students will participate in all stages of writing and producing both versions.
Prerequisite(s): JOUR 108 and JOUR 108LA
Lab Hours: 54.0
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only
Prerequisite: JOUR 108 and JOUR 108LB. This laboratory-only course focuses on advanced intermediate writing and producing the school newspaper, RamPage, and its online version. Students will research, write, and edit articles for both publications. Students will also take photographs, design and/or layout pages, create graphic illustrations, and develop multimedia stories. Throughout this course, students will also apply media ethics and learn the fundamentals of media law. Leadership and management skills are also covered.
Prerequisite(s): (JOUR-108) and (JOUR-108LB, Minimum grade C)
Lab Hours: 162.0
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only
This lab focuses on advanced intermediate writing and producing the school newspaper and its online version. Students will participate in all stages of writing and producing both versions.
Prerequisite(s): JOUR 108 and JOUR 108LC, Minimum grade C
Lab Hours: 54.0
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only
This course is an introduction to the principles of writing and organizing stories for publication in print and electronic mediums. Students will develop and compose news stories, learn and adhere to industry-standard style guidelines, conduct meaningful and appropriate research, and understand how the ethics, laws, and culture of journalism influence media coverage. Basic media-writing will enhance a student's ability to procure employment in print, broadcast, public relations, and corporate communication professions.
Recommended Preparation: ENGL 101.0
Lecture Hours: 54.0
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only
Survey of global mass communication and the interrelationships of media with society including history, structure and trends in a digital age. Discussion of theories and effects, economics, technology, law and ethics, global media, media literacy, and social issues, including gender and cultural diversity.
Recommended Preparation: ENGL 101.0
Lecture Hours: 54.0
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only
Newspaper production is designed to provide practical journalism experience for students through the actual production of the RamPage student newspaper. The fundamentals of advertising, photojournalism, business and desk-top publishing, are to be applied to newspaper production and distribution. Class members will be asked to cover campus beats, report events, and write news and feature articles under the direction of the advisor and editors. Students will edit pictures, design pages, and layout the RamPage student newspaper. While some theories will provide the foundation for the development of student journalists and those interested in communications and the media, this course is designed to allow students the opportunity for the newspaper production process, with class members assuming responsibility for publication of the RamPage student newspaper.
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL-101.0) and (JOUR-111)
Lecture Hours: 54.0
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only