COMM 1248 – Television News and Documentary Writing

(3 credits) 3 hours lecture

This course is for students who wish to specialize in television news. It emphasizes advanced techniques for writing news for television, including the principles and practices of beat reporting, as well as reporting politics, business and social issues. Investigative reporting principles and practices will be introduced.

Prerequisites: Communications 1112, 1114, 1116, 1201, 1204, 1206, 1209, 1240, 1241 and 1202 or 1203.