JOUR201

News Writing and Reporting I

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ENGL101, JOUR181, and JOUR200; and permission of JOUR-Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Restriction: For students intending to be journalism majors; and permission of JOUR-Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Introduction to news for the print and electronic media, development of new concepts: laboratory in news-gathering tools and writing skills. Students who earned 80% or higher on the JOUR181 diagnostic are exempt from the JOUR181 prerequisite. For students intending to be journalism majors.

Sister Courses: JOUR201H

Spring 2026

Christine Harvey

4 reviews
Average rating: 3.25

Rob Wells

5 reviews
Average rating: 4.60

Abbie Bennett

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Kaitlyn Wilson

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David Oliver

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Darcy Costello

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Chase Cook

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Fall 2025

Darcy Costello

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Holly Morris

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Summer 2025

Carole Lee

2 reviews
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Spring 2025

Christine Harvey

4 reviews
Average rating: 3.25

Merrilee Cox

3 reviews
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Abbie Bennett

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Kaitlyn Wilson

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David Oliver

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Jamaal Abdul-Alim

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Mikayla Newton

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Darcy Costello

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Past Semesters

Merrilee Cox

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Rob Wells

5 reviews
Average rating: 4.60

Christine Harvey

4 reviews
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Merrilee Cox

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Joseph Weber

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David Oliver

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Mikayla Newton

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Rob Wells

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Constance Ford

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Carole Lee

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Carole Lee

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Average rating: 5.00

Christine Harvey

4 reviews
Average rating: 3.25

Merrilee Cox

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Constance Ford

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Daarel Burnette

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David Oliver

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Constance Ford

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Joseph Weber

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Daarel Burnette

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Lisa Lambert

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Carole Lee

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Carole Lee

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Merrilee Cox

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Rob Wells

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Abbie Bennett

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Daarel Burnette

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Joseph Weber

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Daarel Burnette

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Christine Harvey

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Fulvio Cativo

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Lisa Lednicer

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Rafael Lorente

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Judith Havemann

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Rona Kobell

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Kathleen Manzo

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David Lightman

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Elaine Povich

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James Baxter

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Karen Denny

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Sandra Banisky

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Tamara Cooke Henry

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Halimah Abdullah

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Marisa Osorio

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Matthew Brown

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January Payne

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Matthew Laslo

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Karin Assmann

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Katy June-Friesen

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Alan Goldenbach

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Steven Overly

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Daniel Jacobs

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Raymond McCaffrey

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Elia Powers

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Jennifer Dorroh

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Kelly Brewington

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Edward Wyatt

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Jessica Milcetich

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Robert Terry

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Ericka Danois

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Theo Francis

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Kathy Gambrell

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Gerald Mizejewski

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Michele Joseph

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Jerry Zremski

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Ledyard King

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.07 between 1,965 students*

A-: 16.49%

A: 16.13%

A+: 2.75%

B-: 10.84%

B: 21.83%

B+: 15.06%

C-: 2.09%

C: 5.04%

C+: 4.33%

D-: 0.1%

D: 0.71%

D+: 0.36%

F: 0.97%

W: 2.8%

other: 0.51%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.