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Semester: Spring 2025
Credit Hours: 3.0
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Spring 2025
Credit
3.0

This course introduces students to the basic elements of clear, concise, accurate and balanced news writing. Students learn the techniques of news gathering, reporting, and interviewing as well as important differences between straight news stories, features, opinion pieces and various other types of news articles. Additionally, the course includes discussion of ethical issues facing the press and laws governing journalists.

IAI: MC 919

Status Days Times Location Instructor Books / Materials Ticket # CRN
Open TTh 12:30pm-1:45pm
Course Location

Sugar Grove Campus, Bodie Hall, Room 213

Sugar Grove Campus
Waubonsee Community College
Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive
Sugar Grove, IL 60554-9454
(630) 466-7900

Evins, Tom View
252MCM215.001


This course uses Open Educational Resources (OER) instead of traditional textbooks, so there is no cost for course materials. Your instructor will provide direct access to all required materials through the course syllabus or on Canvas.