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Journalism
$295.00
Grade:
9-12
Duration:
1 Semester
Credit:
0.5
Prerequisites:
None
Materials:
None
Accelerate Online Academy’s Journalism elective course equips students with the critical skills needed to succeed in high school media, college media, and beyond. Students in the course will read a variety of journalistic material and do a great deal of news writing.
Description
Outline
This course is designed to prepare students for a career in journalism and media. The work in this course will equip students with the critical skills necessary to succeed in high school media, college media, and beyond. Students will read a variety of journalistic material and do a great deal of news writing. Students will also look at journalism from legal, ethical, and historic vantage points. Students can expect to complete numerous writing activities in a variety of styles including editorial, hard news, feature, review, and more. If students participate actively, they will gain tremendous skills that will serve them for the rest of their life. Individual and group project will also be a part of this class. This course is a project-based course and does not include traditional tests. Unit level understanding is assessed through unit projects.
Module 1: The Basics of Journalism
Module 2: Ethics and the Law
Module 3: Gathering and Writing the News
Module 4: Editorial Writing
Module 5: Feature Stories and Reviews
Module 6: Challenge
What TO EXPECT
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Full-Time ProgramS
Our full time online tuition programs include enrollment for the school year (i.e. two semesters). Tuition varies based on our different programs. We recommend that students wishing to take 4 or more individual classes apply to our Full-Time Tuition Programs.
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