May 04, 2024  
College Catalog 2020-2021 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Catalog Home
  Important Information
  Degree Choices and Requirements
  Programs of Study
  Academic Rules
  Course Descriptions
  College Administration Degrees
  Past Catalogs 2009-2016
HELP
College Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BMC 260 Electronic News Gathering

Credits: (3)
This course introduces students to the concepts and practices of professional news gathering for media. The role of news in media is explained, with emphasis on identifying basic forms of news delivery. Students will practice the techniques of determining a story’s newsworthiness, researching, copy writing, interviewing, producing, writing to the image, and editing news stories. Additional emphasis will be placed upon ethics and professionalism in electronic news. Prerequisite(s): BMC 250  and ENG /COM 157 , and matriculation in BMC program , or permission of department.