CMNS 201

Students learn about the fundamentals of news writing and reporting as demanded by newsrooms across different forms of media. The training requires practicing foundational journalism skills. Students explore a variety of skills such as interviewing, fact gathering, image selection and caption writing, headline and lead writing, news analysis, and routine newsroom operations. Note: This course is offered as CMNS 201 and JRNL 201. Students may take only one of these for credit. Note: Students with credit for CMNS 300/JRNL 300 cannot take this course for further credit. -- Prerequisite -- One of the following: CMNS 125, CMNS 175, or ENGL 105. -- Corequisite -- None. -- Pre or Corequisite -- None.