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 | |
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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 |
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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) |
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Requirements | Dept. Name/# | Name | Units | Laney GE | Sequence | |
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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 |
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