JOUR 258 - Beat Reporting

Planned Offering: Fall, Winter.
Credits: 4

Prerequisite: JOUR 202. Using the community as the laboratory, students develop competence in the principles and techniques of reporting and writing news for print, broadcast, online and social media in a democratic society. Working on assigned beats, students learn source development, news judgment, information gathering, news presentation and time management. Work is published and aired on the Rockbridge Report website and broadcast. Staff.