Feb 05, 2025  
MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025

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: FL

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