Journalism 095 is a participation course.  If you enroll in this course, you will be working for the yearbook, the newspaper or the news department of KAUR radio.  Editors for the two publications and the radio station are instrumental in establishing and monitoring performance requirements.

Each student will learn how a newspaper, yearbook, or radio news program is produced.  Individually, each will strive to become the best reporter/writer/designer/editor possible.  At all times, journalists must serve the truth, as instructed and advised by the journalist's code of ethics.

Objectives:

• All reporters/writers will become better at their craft.  Through editing suggestions and changers, the students will see avenues for improvement.  Of course, any student should be working to improve her/his work as a matter of course.
• Students working as reporters should become familiar with their beats and should be aware of newsworthy material emerging from those areas.
• Students working in design and layout will pursue a quality product, one whose ideas are based on original creations and/or current trends in the field.
• Students will work collaboratively in the production of a quality product.

• Students who are reporting/writing for the paper will complete a minimum of eight stories.  All stories must be in by established deadlines times, and all stories must be of publishable quality.  Stories must be well written, factually accurate, fair and balanced, and thorough.
• Those involved in typesetting, advertising sales, and ad production will fulfill all responsibilities set forth by the editors.
• Students working for the yearbook will work under the guidelines of one of two plans:
• Plan 1
• Write eight stories for the yearbook.
• Do two layouts for the yearbook.
• Participate in meetings, meet deadlines, consult with editors.
• Plan 2
• Write four stories for the yearbook.
• Do six layouts for the yearbook.
• Participate in meetings, meet deadlines, consult with editors.
• Students for both publications will attend all staff meetings and will be prepared to accept deadlines.
• Students who wish to complete participation credit with KAUR must receive the consent of the participation instructor.
• All participation students must submit the following to the participation supervisor one week before midterm and again one week before final examinations begin a detailed log of activities, clips of all newspaper stories or layouts, copies of all yearbook stories or layouts, or tapes of radio newscasts.

 http://www.augie.edu/dept/engl/Journalism/coursedescript.html
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