JCM 218. WRITING AND INFORMATION GATHERING
Helps students develop the ability to think and write critically as they research, analyze and write about significant issues. The course also introduces information gathering processes (including interviewing techniques and database search) and styles of media writing. Offered fall and spring. Prerequisites: C or better in JCM 215 and a passing score on the school's language skills exam.

JCM 225. REPORTING AND NEWSWRITING
By studying the basic types of news articles for the mass media, students learn to gather information and report it in standard journalistic style. Focus is on writing leads, interviewing techniques and editing copy. Word processing ability necessary. Prerequisite: C or better in JCM 218. Offered fall and spring.

JCM 377. MAGAZINE WRITING
A study of the varieties of magazine writing today, with emphasis on the ways in which magazines will be considered, from those that convey useful information for daily living to those that address political and cultural issues. Because magazine writing differs from newspaper writing, particular attention will be paid to style and narrative technique. Students will write a magazine-length piece of their own. A firm command of grammar as well as an interest in writing in the “longer form” is essential.