An introduction to the history, philosophy and ethics of journalism with central emphasis on editing, writing and publishing contemporary news papers. Classes consist of both lectures and workshops covering theoretical and practical aspects of news reporting, feature writing, reviewing the arts, sports reporting, pictorial journalism, advertising, layout, design and the mechanics of printing. Media to be considered include daily, weekly and campus newspapers, as well as magazines and press releases.

Credit cannot be held for both this course and 99:153.

3 lecture hour s per week, one term.

Prerequisite: Nil.