Newswriting and Reporting

The Certificate of Achievement in Newswriting and Reporting provides foundational knowledge and hands-on training that prepares students for jobs in the media realm. The certificate serves as a comprehensive and multi-discipline overview of content and skills needed by the modern journalist.

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Due to student need, many students already come into the program with BAs and other professional experience, this certificate is to learn the basics of newswriting and reporting in a short amount of time in order to enter the workforce or better support the skills they need for their existing career.

Item 1.            Program Goals and Objectives

 

The Certificate of Achievement in Newswriting and Reporting was created due to student need. Many students already come into the journalism program with BAs and other professional experience. This certificate was developed to help students learn the basics of newswriting and reporting in a short amount of time in order to enter the workforce or better support the skills they need for their existing career.

 

Program Outcomes

·        Assemble a portfolio of appropriate photographs,writings, journals or digital media that reflects the skills and understanding of techniques of journalism.

·        Write news, features, and opinion pieces in newspaper style.

·        Apply media law, fact-checking and ethics to the journalistic process.

 

 

Item 2.            Catalog Description

 

The Certificate of Achievement in Newswriting and Reporting provides foundational knowledge and hands-on training that prepares students for jobs in the media realm. The certificate serves as a comprehensive and multi-discipline overview of content and skills needed by the modern journalist.

 

Item 3.            Program Requirements

 

Requirements	Dept. Name/#	Name	Units	Laney GE	Sequence
Core Courses (17 units):	JOURN 18A		News Production I	4		Yr 1, Fall
	JOURN 18B		News Production II	4		Yr 1, Spring
	JOURN 21		Newswriting	3		Yr 1, Fall
	JOURN 69		Multimedia Reporting for Journalists	3		Yr 1, Spring
	PHOTO 20		Photojournalism I	3		Yr 1, Fall
Electives (select a minimum of one course) (3 units):	GRART 32	Digital Documents (Adobe InDesign)		3		Yr 1, Spring
	GRART 36	Adobe Photoshop Basics		3		Yr 1, Spring
	GRART 115	Website Design		3		Yr 1, Spring
Major Requirements				20
Total Units				20

 

 

Item 4.            Master Planning

 

The Certificate of Achievement in Newswriting and Reporting was created due to student need. Many students already come into the journalism program with BAs and other professional experience. This certificate was developed to help students learn the basics of newswriting and reporting in a short amount of time in order to enter the workforce or better support the skills they need for their existing career.

 

Item 5.            Enrollment and Completer Projections

 

The enrollment data for the courses included in the Newswriting and Reporting CA is shown in the table below. These are the numbers of grades (other than “W”) earned.  Only regular semesters (fall and spring) are taken into account. 

 

The data shows a robust growth in the number of students at Laney College who are in majors that require rigorous training in lower-division computer science courses. 

 

Enrollment Data – Number of Letter Grades (other than W)Earned

 

Course	F16 & S17	F17 & S18	F18 & S19
JOURN 18A-- NEWS PRODUCTION I	10	14	11
JOURN 18B-- NEWS PRODUCTION II	6	4	3
JOURN 21--NEWSWRITING	33	21	17
JOURN 69-- MULTIMEDIA REPORTING FOR JOURNALISTS	Effective s20
PHOTO 21-- PHOTOJOURNALISM I	12	14	10

 

 

Item 6.            Place of Program in Curriculum/Similar Programs

 

a)     There are no active inventory records that need to be changed in connection with the approval of the proposed program.  

b)     This program does not replace any existing program on the college’s inventory. 

c)     There are no related programs offered by the college. Laney does offer an AA and AA-T in Journalism.

 

 

Item 7.            Similar Programs at Other Colleges in Service Area

 

Laney is the only college in the district that offers journalism curriculum.  Outside of our district, no other college in our service area offers a CA in Newswriting and Reporting. CCSF has 2 CAs in Online Research and Editorial Management; DeAnza CA in Public Relations. 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)

Requirements	Dept. Name/#	Name	Units	Laney GE	Sequence
Core Courses (17 units):	JOURN 18A		News Production I	4		Yr 1, Fall
	JOURN 18B		News Production II	4		Yr 1, Spring
	JOURN 21		Newswriting	3		Yr 1, Fall
	JOURN 69		Multimedia Reporting for Journalists	3		Yr 1, Spring
	PHOTO 20		Photojournalism I	3		Yr 1, Fall
Electives (select a minimum of one course) (3 units):	GRART 32	Digital Documents (Adobe InDesign)		3		Yr 1, Spring
	GRART 36	Adobe Photoshop Basics		3		Yr 1, Spring
	GRART 115	Website Design		3		Yr 1, Spring
Major Requirements				20
Total Units				20

The Certificate of Achievement in Newswriting and Reporting was created due to student need. Many students already come into the journalism program with BAs and other professional experience. This certificate was developed to help students learn the basics of newswriting and reporting in a short amount of time in order to enter the workforce or better support the skills they need for their existing career.

Laney is the only college in the district that offers journalism curriculum. Outside of our district, no other college in our service area offers a CA in Newswriting and Reporting. CCSF has 2 CAs in Online Research and Editorial Management; DeAnza CA in Public Relations.