Elizabethtown College

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COM 311 - Reporting and Newswriting for the Media

Elizabethtown College -- Monday thru Friday -- 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Tamara Gillis * Office: 361-1386 * Department of Communications
Summer -- May Session -- 2003

Extra Credit Opportunity: Using a community newspaper like the Merchandiser or the Etown Chronicle, edit a full page for AP style errors (using proper proofreading marks). Hand in by May 28 to receive bonus points toward AP style quizzes.
The Rules Course information: prerequisites; course description and purpose; course objectives and policies (most important of which is attendance); and grading.

Texts On-line lecture notes, required textbooks and optional reading materials are listed here.

Deadlines & Dreadlines The course schedule for the semester: reading assignments and story deadlines.

Lecture Notes On a weekly basis additional lecture notes will be added to this section, which complements the course schedule. This is mandatory reading.

AP Quiz Stuff Some dreaded AP quiz samples to test your expertise.

Assignments Descriptions of major story assignments, including samples and tips.

Some Useful Leads Links to web sites of interest to journalists ... and more.

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Course materials last updated January 6, 2003.