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Teaching
Courses Taught at Northern Kentucky University
Introduction to Mass Communication: Examine how mass media operate, how people use and create media messages, and how media evolve and influence behavior.
News Writing: Write news stories that engage various audiences. Practice interviewing and reporting. Develop a sense of news values.
Copy Editing and Design: Edit text and design pages to achieve clear, concise and compelling content. Improve communication by learning the proper use of grammar, spelling, punctuation and style.
Data Journalism: Introduce and examine data journalism through theoretical discussion, case studies and hands-on practice; learn to gather, analyze and interpret data for news reporting and storytelling; understand and apply basic measurement techniques and research concepts.
Communication Teaching Practicum: Guided and hands-on teaching practice in the college communication classroom. Students must work with a Northern Kentucky University professor to directly engage the teaching process.
Courses Taught at The Pennsylvania State University
News Writing and Reporting: News and news values; legal and ethical problems of reporting; writing and reporting news for the mass media.
News Editing and Evaluation: Concepts and procedures involved in processing news for various news media, but with emphasis on print media editing.
Basic News Writing Skills: Grammar, punctuation, spelling, and word usage skills required of journalists.
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