Course details
Name: ENJR - 317
Title: FEATURE WRITING
Section: 01
Semester: Fall - 2015
Credits: 3
Description:
The journalism course that naturally follows ENJR 210 News Reporting in the Journalism writing sequence. Every internship and job will expect reporters to be able to write features, which call for more "creative writing" than news, and allow for more individual writing style. This small, seminar style, hands-on course develops the craft of writing feature stories for daily journalism with an emphasis on print, though newer electronic platforms will also be included. These stories emphasize the human interest, "feeling" side of journalism as opposed to the more rigid 5Ws format of news reporting, and call for more description, color, details and other devices of fiction. Assignments which are all real stories include the profile, timeless "evergreen" soft feature, portrait of a neighborhood, and most of all the news-feature written off the news giving the human dimension to breaking news stories. There will be writing and rewriting as you polish your own individual style and voice yet within the parameters of responsible journalism including accuracy, avoiding libel, making deadline, avoiding plagiarism and others. Assignments will allow more writing freedom than the deadline-driven urgency of news reporting.
Last updated on 2015-03-23 By
Hollander Ron (hollanderr)
Schedule: Wednesday From 8:15 pm To 10:45 pm
Graduation requirements:
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Teaching Faculty: Hollander Ron (hollanderr)
Is course canceled: No