This new course for minors only develops students' ability to recognize news, to gather facts necessary to report for all platforms, to think critically about information, and to write factual, credible stories. The course focuses on writing mechanics and style and on journalism principles and practices. Students will gain the skills in this class necessary for identifying news, and for reporting, synthesizing, analyzing and organizing information. These skills, whether used in print, broadcast or online, and whether used in legacy media, entrepreneurial start-ups, or on varied platforms are grounded in tenets common to news: accuracy, fairness, completeness, taste, and good news judgment. The class is taught in labs of no more than 19 students per class by experienced adjuncts or faculty.JOUR 209