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    May 03, 2024  
MCCC College Catalog 2022-23 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2022-23 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

JOURN 161 - Introduction to Journalism


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENGL 090  and RDG 090  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
MTA Humanities/Fine Arts Satisifer Y
Session Cycle: FW

Students in this course will learn how to determine what is newsworthy as well as the basics of news and feature writing, journalistic style, copyediting and information gathering with an emphasis on interviewing techniques. Students may hear presentations by professional journalists and/or visit a newspaper operation.