| Course ID: | JOUR 5190/7190. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Feature Writing |
Course
Description: | Teaches students to write engaging feature articles suitable
for a range of platforms. Students will write several
publishable-quality stories of various lengths and formats, and
they will learn to critically read and analyze good writing. |
| Oasis Title: | Feature Writing |
| Undergraduate Prerequisite: | (JOUR 3090 or JOUR 3190) and permission of department |
| Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | This course aims to help students develop and hone their
writing skills, with a focus on the fundamentals of feature and
narrative-style journalism. With frequent writing assignments
and visits from a diverse range of professional writers and
editors, the class also will strengthen students’ reporting
skills, sharpen their ability to think critically, and make
them more informed media consumers. |
| Topical Outline: | Developing, refining, and articulating story ideas and pitching
them to editors
Conducting effective interviews
Reporting for narrative and long-form stories
Writing concisely and creatively
Meeting deadlines, self-editing and receiving editing
feedback
Writing well-focused, well-organized feature stories
Finding one’s voice |