Purpose
This course is designed to provide you with the basis of news and feature writing for newspapers. Objectives By the end of the course, students should be able to: 1.
Define news and discuss
criteria for judging the news worthiness of a story/event. 2.
Discuss the principles of
journalism and their importance in news writing and reporting. 3.
State the organizational structure
and the workings of a news establishment. 4.
Explain the prevailing news
ideologies and the process that shapes media content. 5.
Demonstrate practical writing
skills for competitive newspaper stories and feature articles. 6.
Discuss ethical issues in journalism.
- Editing Teacher: Othello Gruduah