Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Write leads and headlines
• Refine punctuation, grammar, spelling and proofreading skills to achieve error-free text
• Analyze and edit writing for story structure, newsworthiness, consistency and audience-appropriateness
• Apply libel laws, ethics and judgment in the editing of newswriting
• Recognize and apply the Associated Press (AP) style guidelines in editing news stories
• Recognize, critically read and evaluate professional journalistic writing