Wiki Page, JOURNALISM B (2022-23): Course Syllabus

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Course Description

Journalism students are responsible for writing, editing, designing and laying out our school news site, The Renton Hawk Eye, which reflects the life and times of the Renton High School community. The emphasis of this class will be centered around continually improving higher-level communication skills of the students. You will learn codes of ethics and responsibility for speech and publication, in addition to a variety of writing styles, current design trends and desktop publishing skills.

Course Objectives

High school journalists wield power, which must be balanced with responsibility and ethics. High school journalism reflects the real experiences of professional journalists and comes with the same responsibilities to be fair, accurate, unbiased, and ethical.

Journalists identify purpose and audience for selecting article type.

Journalists capture readers' attention through topic, lead, headlines, design, and art.

Journalists internalize writing process from pre-writing to publication.

Journalists use technology to gather and present information.

Journalists improve by setting goals and working toward them.

Journalists produce and distribute a quality student newspaper and/or online news site.

Grading Policy

This is a trimester class, and successful completion grants you 0.5 Elective credit per trimester.

Ultimately your grade is determined by you. All students start with an A at the beginning of each trimester and it is their responsibility to keep it.

Your trimester grade is established as follows:

Participation & Effort = 10%

Class Assignments and Publications = 50%

Assessments and Publications = 40%

In order to be granted credit with a letter grade at the end of the trimester, students must earn an overall grade of at least 60%.

Grades are updated daily and/or weekly in Skyward.