Lee V. Pollard High – Advanced Journalism 3a-3b

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

one This elective course is open to high school students who excelled in Intermediate Journalism and wish to demonstrate leadership in editing and/or managing the campus newspaper. This course is a writing and editing oriented class with emphasis on precise, concrete, accurate and factual prose published for the school community. Students demonstrate their skills in the art of newspaper writing and production: news, sports, feature, editorial, and review writing; proof reading, editing, reporting, interviewing, typing in word processing and layout software, and layout design. Students also demonstrate their ability to write well under pressure, gather information independently and organize it cooperatively and work effectively with their peers. Through extensive rewriting, students exhibit mastery in all of these skills. This course will also include the leadership and management of newspaper and magazine production.