| 1.
|
Demonstrate the ability to apply AP style while editing news stories.
(I)
|
| 2.
|
Use an Associated Press Stylebook. (I)
|
| 3.
|
Demonstrate an ability to write news stories designed for a mass
audience, employing traditional journalistic style patterns. (I)
|
| 4.
|
Write professional news copy, demonstrating a command of appropriate
word choices, grammar, and punctuation. (II)
|
| 5.
|
Describe the basic elements which determine what is news. (III)
|
| 6.
|
Write professional news copy, demonstrating a high degree of fairness,
accuracy, and balance. (IV)
|
| 7.
|
Describe the importance of a lead and the elements that make a good
lead. (IV, VII)
|
| 8.
|
Write a lead to a single-element and multi-element story. (IV, VIII)
|
| 9.
|
Write well organized news and feature stories, based on facts which
are provided as well as from information gathered by reporter. (V,
VIII, IX)
|
| 10.
|
Demonstrate an ability to communicate information from various sources
through the efficient use of quotations and appropriate
identification. (VI)
|
| 11.
|
Demonstrate the ability to use the library and computer databases to
gather information. (VII)
|
| 12.
|
Describe and use basic techniques of interviewing and gathering of
news. (VII)
|
| 13.
|
Describe the essentials that make up an advance and follow-up story.
(IX)
|
| 14.
|
Describe the laws and guidelines which govern journalists in respect
to libel, ethics, and privacy. (X)
|
|