2024-2025 Undergraduate General Catalog

JOUR 243 Editorial Skills

This course addresses the skills in both copy editing and design needed to be a successful publications editor. Students will learn how to shape and edit copy according to Associated Press style, how to write headlines and captions, and how to think and act ethically in an editorial capacity. Students will also learn skills in typography, photo editing, copy and issue fitting,and typesetting and layout using state of the art desktop publishing programs.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

JOUR 115

Offered

Every other Fall, even years