Los Angeles Trade Tech College 400 West Washington Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90015 213-763-7000

 

101 COLLECTING AND WRITING NEWS (3) CSU

Recommended Preparation: English 21 with a grade of “C” or better.

Lecture: 3 hours

Practical work on the college newspaper and class assignments provide instruction in reporting and writing news. An endeavor is made to connect theory with purposeful activity in the basic principles of news writing. The course includes an examination of freedom of the press along with a review of its responsibilities.

 

105 MASS COMMUNICATIONS (3) UC:CSU (CAN JOURN 4)

Lecture: 3 hours

Examines the structure and functioning in print and electronic communications, including: film, print, television, radio, the recording industry, public relations, and the internet. Considers factors that influence distribution and creation of media messages, and the impact of those messages on society.

 

202 ADVANCED NEWSWRITING (3) CSU

Prerequisite: Journalism 101 with a grade of “C” or better.

Lecture: 3 hours

This course provides the student with principles and practices in writing specialized types of newspaper stories and increases mastery of fundamental reporting techniques. Interpretive writing skills, such as editorial writing and feature writing, are included.

 

225 NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION WORKSHOP (4) CSU RPT2

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Journalism 101 or 202 with a grade of “C” or better.

Lecture: 2 hours; Lab: 4 hours

Copy desk and editing procedures are performed and students are exposed to production of newsletters and facets of printing production. Supervised activities include copy reading, editing for typesetting, columnar sizes, headline writing, page make-up, photo scaling and selection, supervision of paste-up and other production requirements. Students plan editions, assign stories to reporters. Issues of Trade Winds are reviewed, critiqued and evaluated with the goal of implementing improvements.

 

185 DIRECTED STUDY – JOURNALISM (1) CSU

 

285 DIRECTED STUDY – JOURNALISM (2) CSU

 

385 DIRECTED STUDY – JOURNALISM (3) CSU