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HCOM 284: Newswriting

Section 2 - 4 Units

Section Information

Days, Times, and Locations

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Valley Hall - Rm. A116 - map

Class Number (Formerly CRN)

41221

Instructor(s)

Lisa Watson

Enrollment

Seats OpenSeats TakenMax. Seats
-3 27 24
Enrollment History

University Learning Requirements

Ethics
English Communication B

Faculty Information

Lisa Watson

Email: lwatson@csumb.edu

Phone: 582-3929

Office: Journalism & Media Studies, Room 102

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Department Information

Name: Humanities and Communication ~ Division of

Email: humanities_communication@csumb.edu

Phone: 582-3889

Fax: 582- 3780

Building: Humanities & Communication

Website: http://hcom.csumb.edu

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Course Description:

Prepares students to write news articles for the mass media. Covers concepts of journalistic interviewing, information gathering, critical understanding of news sources, ethical decision making, and the process of writing news, editorial, and feature articles for print and electronic media. Otter Realm students are strongly encouraged to enroll. Requires successful completion of coursework that satisfies the ENCOM A ULR. (Offered every year.)

Corequisites, Prerequisites & Restrictions:

Footnotes:

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Start & End Dates:

Start: August 24, 2009
End: December 20, 2009

Consent Requirements:

Catalog History

Course Materials

book

Somebody told me : the newspaper stories of Rick Bragg. (New York: Vintage Books, 2001)
ISBN: 0375725520
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Required Reading

book

Somebody told me : the newspaper stories of Rick Bragg. (New York: Vintage Books, 2001)
ISBN: 0375725520
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Required Reading