This course further expands the skills students acquired in News Writing and Reporting with an emphasis on beat reporting, special assignments and feature writing. It focuses on critical evaluation of evidence, development of investigative skills and improvement in computer-assisted reporting techniques. Students will work on multi-source news stories, features and opinion articles which revolve around public issues of timely significance in society.

CILO-1: Differentiate the different types of feature articles in order to apply the correct tone and style in a chosen type of writing. CILO-2: Use the correct adjectives, adverbs, similes, metaphors and other feature writing techniques. CILO-3: Recognize the steps in the development of a news event in order to comprehensively cover a running story. CILO-4: Recognize jargons and their functions in various types of news stories. CILO-5: Design investigative reporting plans with necessary steps. CILO-6: Apply ethical standards in terms of accurate and fair reporting.