Jl MC 201

Jl MC 201: Introduction to Reporting and Writing for the Mass Media. This course is designed to help you develop professional reporting and writing skills and practice writing publishable assignments on deadline. It will provide instruction of media writing as a basis for upper-level courses in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. This includes the development of fundamental reporting skills. JLMC 201 also will offer a broad overview of media-writing careers and will help you develop an approach to starting your professional life. If you are a major in this school, you must earn no lower than a "C+" or a 76.5 in the course. A grade lower than this will require you to re-take the course in the future. You must have completed ENGL 105 before taking this class and scored 26 or higher on the ACT English Exam, 590 of higher on the SAT Verbal or a passing score on the Greenlee School's English Usage Test.

Summer 2007 Class News


Published Articles: Doug Meyer, "Radio fights battle for listeners, money," Iowa State Daily, June 28, 7007; Tim Miller, "Robots may take the farmer out of the field," Iowa State Daily, June 28, 2007; Jason Menken, "Cicadas: Nasty beat or tasty feast," Iowa State Daily, July 3, 2007; Jill Rosenberger, "Students adopt new means of cheating," Iowa State Daily, July 5, 2007.

Class Awards: Top GPA in Class: Jennifer Hornbaker and Doug Meyer. Most Improved: Jason Menken and Genesee Jones. Hustle Award: Tim Miller and Jill Rosenberger. Teachers' Award: Kai-Yan Wong.

Summer 2007 Labs

Syllabus
201 Lab 1
201 Lab 2
201 Lab 3
201 Lab 4
201 Lab 5
201 Lab 6
201 Lab 7
Midterm Study Guide
201 Lab 8
201 Lab 9
201 Lab 10
201 Lab 11
201 Lab 12
201 Lab 13
201 Lab 14
201 Lab 15
Final Exam Study Guide


Classes

SPJ

Bio

CV

Greenlee

ISU

ISU Daily

WOI

Ames Trib

DM Register

"Fresh Air"

Poynter Inst.


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