The fall semester at UNC-Chapel Hill begins today. Here’s what I am teaching this term:
- Two sections of News Editing. This undergraduate course focuses on story editing, caption writing and headline writing for print and digital media, with a dash of social media. Each section has 16 students; the class meets twice a week in a computer lab. Here is the syllabus for the course along with a handout on noteworthy names in the news.
- One section of Writing and Editing for Digital Media. This graduate-level course is part of a certificate program and a master’s program, both of which are taught online. The course covers different types of digital writing, including blogs, headlines and social media. It has 12 students, and it meets all the time online. Here is the syllabus for the course.
Feel free to adapt, revise or ignore the materials here. You can also browse syllabuses from across the journalism school here.
Best wishes for a successful semester!
The Editor's Desk 