Chabot College
Fall 2003
Removed Fall 2006
Course Outline for Mass Communications 500
NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION
Catalog Description:
500 – Newspaper Production
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Extended study of various aspects of newspaper production, including design and layout, computer
applications, digital photography, advertising, and news, feature, editorial, and headline writing. Corequisite: MCOM 14 or 15. Variable hours laboratory.
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
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produce on deadline a weekly college newspaper;
make advertising and publication decisions for each issue of the college newspaper;
design the newspaper’s layout;
implement professional journalistic standards of grammar and Associated Press (AP) publication style;
write and photograph for publication;
function as a beat reporter;
produce conventional and digital photographic images for publication;
collaborate with the newspaper’s editorial board.
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Weekly newspaper production
Business and advertising decision making
Design and layout
AP style book
Journalistic writing and photography
Reporting
Conventional and digital photography
Editorial boards
Methods of Presentation:
1. Individualized critique
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. Produce one photograph or article per week on deadline.
b. Create a log or portfolio of published work..
c. Attend regular staff meetings.
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
a. Improved performance as demonstrated in the primary class, including performance on the
final examination
Textbook(s) (typical):
Newspaper Designer’s Handbook, Tim Harrower, William C. Brown Publisher, 2002.
Editing Guide, Rachael Bard, R and M Press, 2001.
Special Student Materials:
None
GG 4/28/03 rev 5/13/03
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