Writing and Publishing

Exposure to the practices of professional editors and publishers. Students learn about copyediting and developmental editing, broader editorial decision-making, the publishing industry, and current publishing platforms. Specific attention is paid to the rhetorical choices that arise during the editing and publishing process.

Newswriting develops skills in writing and reporting for a variety of media from a primarily journalistic perspective, including a focus on Associated Press Style. Students gain experience writing for a variety of media types (e.g., print, broadcast, social media), writing styles (e.g., Inverted Pyramid and Wall Street Journal), interviewing, fact-checking, editing, sourcing, and applying reporting ethics.

In this course focused on web design and analysis, students create persuasive arguments in the digital humanities and submit their projects to peer-reviewed magazines and journals. Students gain a basic understanding of web languages (i.e., HTML and CSS) and rhetorical theory for analyzing websites. Readings will focus on constructing digital arguments using the principles of digital rhetorical theory. In completing the course, students will be able to make a website from scratch, manipulate web templates, add interactive elements to a site, and communicate effectively with web designers about design.

The principles, techniques, and requirements of scriptwriting. These are developed through the analysis of existing materials and through the construction and composition of original scripts.