Kasey Coats

2033-015

Lab assignment #2

Try not to think of JMC 2033 at the University of Oklahoma as a requirement towards your major. Think of it as a chance to develop the fundamental skills , needed for the basis of the journalistic journey you will embark on.

Following JMC1013, Writing for Mass Media, begins to develop the professional communicator inside of you, whether it is PR, Professional Writing, Broadcast Journalism, or another area of mass communication.

This course will guide you through different departments of media and teach you grammar, spelling, punctuation, and speech skills, and improve your overall writing -the primary goal of the class. These important elements of mass communication will strengthen your ability as a professional to [inform, persuade and entertain] different groups of people , later in your career.

In addition, students will learn how to gather information, understand it, then organize and develop it into something that can be developed by the intended audience can understand. You will then use these newfound skills to convey and apply the information learned, through different media outlets in society.

By understanding these core values and ethics in communication taught in JMC 2033, you will begin to learn about diversity within media, which will contribute to more positive decision-making within a journalism career. These values will eventually begin to reflect on your work and you will be able to expand their professional options and interest further than you expected, whatever they may be.

While enrolled in this course, begin to take notes and realize your different strengths and interests within mass communication, so you can start to build a foundation to learn the skills, which you need to be successful in the career that you choose.

Kasey Coats

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