Newswriting

Course Description

PREREQUISITE Successful completion of Journalism elective or recommendation of the newspaper adviser. A limited number of 10th grade students will be accepted with Junior High Journalism teacher’s recommendation.
 
OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: 
  • Interview sources using open-ended questions
  • Write stories in four modes, news, sports, features and opinion
  • Edit stories for focus, content, organization, style and conventions
  • Implement and use a beat system to cover all school groups
  • Use digital tools to capture and edit images
  • Create an online edition, updated on a near-daily basis
  • Create two to three print editions
  • Utilize collaborative tools to streamline the production process
  • Sell advertising
  • Use ethics in all phases of journalism
 
DESCRIPTION Students enrolled in Newswriting I will work on a daily basis to create both print and online editions of the school newspaper, Mountain Echo. Here students begin to cultivate the journalism skills required to create a paper that is informative, relevant and timely.
 
EXPECTATIONS The students will complete all assigned beats and stories in a timely manner. The staff will work together to insure that Mountain Echo is the best publication it can be.