Business/Professional
Business/Professional Writing Courses & Workshops
How you communicate in writing can impact your career immensely. Learn to write clearly, concisely, and powerfully to accomplish your goals. The courses and workshops described below are part of the Write Stuff Business/Professional Writing Chancellor's Certificate Program, designed to help you enhance your image by strengthening your writing skills.
Complete 50 hours of classroom work in this program to earn a Chancellor's Certificate in Business/Professional Writing. Or simply take the courses and workshops that interest you.
You also have the option of earning a Chancellor's Certificate in Writing by taking a total of 50 hours of courses and workshops from any of our Write Stuff offerings. So feel free to explore different genres and styles.
Most courses and workshops meet on campus in the J.C. Penney Conference Center (building 2). Parking is available in the Continuing Education spaces in lot C. (See the North Campus map.)
News Writing
Wednesdays, Aug. 20-Dec. 3, 2008 • 4:00-6:30 p.m.
134 Social Sciences & Business Bldg.,
UMSL
Fee: $199
Online Registration: Register online for News Writing with a credit card.
Info/Registration: (314) 516-5974
Instructor: Marilyn Cathcart
This course will introduce students to news writing and reporting--the basic components of news, reporting principles, and news writing style and structure. Daily writing assignments will include coverage of speeches, meetings and interviews, accidents, deaths, courts, sports, consumer affairs, and government. Special emphasis will be placed on clarity, accuracy, and speed.
Editing
Wednesdays, Jan. 21-May 6, 2009 • 4:00-6:45pm
103 Computer Center Building, UMSL
Fee: $199
Online Registration:
Info/Registration: (314) 516-5974
Instructor: Gina Keckritz
This course will include copy editing, the study of style manuals, and an overview of the production process. Check back for more information.
May also be taken for three hours of credit as English 4860 for UMSL credit fees.
The Media and the Internet
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 • 9:00 a.m.-Noon
134 Social Sciences & Business Building, UMSL
Fee: $49
Online Registration: Register online for The Media and the Internet with a credit card.
Info/Registration: (314) 516-5974
Instructor: James Duffy
This workshop will discuss the changing face of the media in the Internet age, how "news" is gathered, reported, and disseminated to a population with changing tastes in viewing and absorbing news. Discussions will focus on methods of research and presentation used by various news outlets on the Web, either independently or in support of the more traditional news formats like newspapers, radio, and television.
Bias, Taste, and Fairness: The Ethics of News
Saturday, November 15, 2008 • 9:00 a.m.-Noon
3 Computer Center Bldg., UMSL
Fee: $49
Online Registration: Register online for Bias, Taste, and Fairness: The Ethics of News with a credit card.
Info/Registration: (314) 516-5974
Instructor: Judi Linville
This workshop explores various voluntary codes of ethics created by different journalism and public relations groups, as well as personal ethical systems ranging from absolute to situational. Before we can discuss whether a practice is "ethical," we need to define which ethical system we are using as a point of reference. We will look at examples from today's media as well as historical news reports and practices, and each participant will be encouraged to compare his or her personal ethical system with widely used ethical codes of journalism organizations.