JOUR2000

Introduction to Journalism

Senior Journalism minors only - required Journalism course. To be taken in Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior year.Organized like a professional newsroom, this course will give students interested in journalism a taste of its various facets, including topic-generation, reporting, interviewing, and editing, for print, broadcast, and online media. It will cover basic newswriting, beat reporting, investigative journalism, feature writing, and writing for the web, and provide an introduction to media law and ethics and the business and history of journalism. Students will produce a feature-length final project and will also work in teams to formulate, report, and write investigative stories.Student should expect to meet deadlines and high standards of grammar, style, punctuation, and factual accuracy.

Course overview

Department
Journalism
School
MCAS
Credits
3

Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.28 / 5

Based on 294 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-07-23. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Angela Ards
    Fall 2026, Fall 2024, Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.16/5
  • Jon P Marcus
    Fall 2026
  • Christine Caswell
    Fall 2023 · Official rating 4.25/5
  • Jennifer Berkshire
    Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.70/5
  • Jon Marcus
    Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.34/5
  • Kevin Convey
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.53/5
  • Scott Helman
    Fall 2025 · Official rating 4.31/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Jon P Marcus · Stokes Hall 101N M 06:00PM-08:20PM · Offered
  • Section 02
    Fall 2026 · Angela Ards · Gasson Hall 203 TuTh 03:00PM-04:15PM · Offered