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MCM 4316 - Critical and Persuasive Writing for Mass Media

Credits: 3 hrs
In this seminar-lecture course, students apply the foundations of news gathering and writing to learn and practice the fundamentals of opinion (critical and persuasive) writing for print and electronic media. The course covers a variety of opinion pieces including personal columns, editorials and reviews. Students will be trained to use legitimate sources to justify personal opinions and present them in a credible and newsworthy manner. Students will learn these aspects of journalism through participating in weekly classroom seminars, practical writing assignments and social media activities. Students are encouraged to pitch/submit their writings to WSSU student media for publication, broadcast, and/or new media consideration. 
Pre-requisite(s): MCM 3340