Journalism I

Explore a career in journalism and learn how to write a news story, a feature story, and an editorial. Throughout this course, you will learn best practices for conducting research and interviews, analyzing the reliability of sources, and self-editing.

Major Concepts:

Introduction to Journalism

• The First Amendment
• The History of American Journalism
• Journalism Today
• Journalists

Careers in Journalism

• Career Research
• Writing a Lead
• Elements of Good Writing
• First Draft
• Editing and Revising

Narrative Journalism

• Choose Your Story
• Unfolding Story
• Detail Your Story
• Conclude Your Story
• Revise Your Story
• Present Your Story

Introduction to Argument Writing

• Rhetoric in Journalism
• Claim, Counterclaim, and Rebuttal
• Evaluate a Speaker
• Collecting Evidence
• Write Your Argument
• Revise Your Argument