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Oct 23, 2026
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MCOM 1109 - Practical Experience in Journalism and Mass Communication
Credits: 1-2
Catalog Description
Practical work experience in reporting, editing, and photography for the college’s newspaper. Work without credit on the college publications is open to any student. Credit is offered for those especially interested in journalism and willing to meet certain minimum time standards and to participate in weekly staff meetings. Students may repeat this course to gain a maximum of 4 credits.
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Understand the strategies and staff procedures needed to plan a newspaper and cover campus events.
- Understand how a reporter covers a news event and writes a news story/feature on the event.
- Understand how to plan for and execute photo coverage of news events.
- Understand how to layout newspaper pages–write headlines and cutlines, and to understand the essentials of typography and type selection.
- Understand how to work with printers to ensure a smooth flow in the publication schedule.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Basic news story structure (the inverted pyramid and the 5 Ws)
- How to “set up” a news story while writing it so that typesetters can readily set it in type
- The basic elements of typographical layout and design
- Basic instruction in writing picture cutlines and headlines
- Picture editing (cropping of pictures)
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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