Dec 11, 2024  
College Catalog 2024 - 2025 
  
College Catalog 2024 - 2025

COM-241 Introduction to Today’s Journalism


This course combines reading and engaging journalism with practice writing news stories. It provides students with a foundation in the art of journalism with an emphasis on critical reading and writing. Students engage local, national, and global news. Topics covered include proofreading and drafting, audience trends, misinformation, data journalism, representation and human rights. Students collaborate and use social media platforms to tell the stories they witness in their daily lives and in their communities.
Prerequisites ENG-095  and RDG-095  or ELL-103 , or placement into ENG-111  
Gen. Ed. Course No
Mass Transfer Course Yes
Credits: 3