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COM 408 - Feature Writing


Description:
Skills needed to conceive, report, and write a wide range of feature stories for newspapers, magazines, and online publications.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: COM 226.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Learn how to research and generate feature story ideas and develop unique angles
  • Learn how to conduct effective interviews for feature stories.
  • Learn about using observation as a reporting tool to capture scenes and anecdotes to make stories more vivid to the reader.
  • Learn how to use narrative techniques to construct narrative stories.
  • Learn how to write features about events
  • Learn how to write features about places.
  • Learn how to write profiles, both long and short.
  • Learn how to write features based on issues and trends.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
3/21/13



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