Rodger
Streitmatter
Professor
Print Journalism
Reporting
This course is designed with two primary purposes in mind.
First, it seeks to help students develop the reporting and writing
skills necessary to succeed as a professional journalist.
Second, it seeks to help students understand the pivotal role that
the news media play in American society—and the responsibilities
that accompany that role.
Reporting, a junior-level course, builds on Writing for Mass Communication
and begins with something of a refresher course in which students
again write articles based on information that has been provided
to them.
After that introduction, Reporting helps students proceeds to develop,
through a gradual progression of assignments, to the point that
they are not only writing effectively but also taking notes, conducting
research, and interviewing people to obtain the material that allows
them to produce original stories that are of publishable quality.
Students gain practical experience in gathering information and
then transforming that material into news and feature articles that
are accurate, concise, clear, and well organized.
Through the various written assignments, reading assignments, and
class discussions, students also will build their news judgment
and establish their own ethical standards.
Reporting is a required course for students majoring in broadcast
journalism, print journalism, or communication studies.
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