MCOM 3000 Advanced Writing, Reporting, and Editing

This course examines multiple areas of journalistic writing, including: opinion, review, feature, sports and enterprise. Students also learn how to incorporate in-depth reporting into their writing.

Registration Name

Advanced Writing & Reporting

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MCOM 2000

Offered

Demorest: Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Expand your understanding of journalistic writing.
2. Learn to write the following types of journalistic styles:
   1. Autobiographical/Opinion
   2. Editorial
   3. Reviews
   4. Features
   5. Sports
   6. Enterprise
   7. Investigative Reporting
   8. Advance Story
3. Learn to discriminate among sources, research and fact check thoroughly.
4. Improve your interviewing skills.
5. Learn how to analyze data and present research in an understandable manner.
6. Analyze issues of the day in order to understand the importance of context.