Journalism H

Journalism courses (typically associated with producing a school newspaper, yearbook, or literary magazine) emphasize writing style, technique, production values, and organization. Journalism courses introduce students to the concepts of newsworthiness and press responsibility, develop students’ skills in writing and editing stories, headlines, and captions, and teach students the principles of production design, layout, and printing. Photography and photojournalism skills may be included. Media literacy is also covered to make students more responsible consumers of information. In Journalism Honors, students will be asked to write more in-depth articles for the school's newspaper and will be required to read and respond to more articles than in the regular class. They will also be expected to study the elements of publication design independently.