The aims of this module are to sharpen students writing, reporting, and critical thinking skills, as well as to teach news values, ethics, copy editing, interviewing, fact-checking, and how to accurately report and write about a diverse world on deadline. The module will introduce students to the step-by-step process of producing news content, from understanding the concept of news judgment to the research, reporting, writing and dissemination of news in the 21st century. By the end of the course, students will understand what makes an event newsworthy, and be able to produce accurate, well-written, well-sourced news stories on deadline.
| Academic Units | 3 |
| Exam Schedule | Not Applicable |
| Grade Type | Letter Graded |
| Department Maintaining | CS |
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| 06031 | LEC/STUDIO | LE | THU | 1430-1520 | SCI-TTM | |
| 06031 | TUT | T1 | THU | 1530-1720 | SCI-TTM | Teaching Wk2-13 |
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