Minneapolis Community and Technical College · Courses
JOUR
4 courses with the subject JOUR, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
JOUR 1000Introduction to Mass Communications
PHIL 1171 Ethics PHIL 2121 Medical Ethics PHIL 2181 Social Ethics PSCI 1101 American Government and Politics PSCI 1102 State and Local Government PSCI 1110 Introduction to Political Science PSCI 1111 Reclaiming Democracy: An Introduction to Civic
(3.00 lec) This course introduces the craft of news writing and reporting. You will focus on traditional news values; the basic news article; investigative and feature reporting; hard and soft leads; sources, interviewing techniques and background research, including use of the Internet; broadcast journalism and electronic news gathering; and media ethics and the law, with emphasis on the First Amendment.
(2.00 lec) This is a hands-on journalism workshop. After considering traditional news values and the elements of the news story, you may participate in the production of the college’s newspaper. You will receive practical instruction in writing news stories and headlines, photography, layout, proofreading, copy editing, and advertising and distribution. Invited professional journalists will share their experience with the class. This class may be taken three times for a total of six credits. of ENGL 0900 or ESOL 0051.