Lincoln High School – Journalism

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course is a survey of all aspects of the communications umbrella. It develops awareness and understanding of news elements and give students experience in gathering, reporting, and editing the new with emphasis on the print media. The course covers headline writing, make-up, feature writing, sports writing, editorial writing, advertising, copy reading and proofreading. Emphasis is on mastering the news story structure, but study also includes the rights and responsibilities, history, organization, operation, and control of the print media. A survey of the related fields of public relations, propaganda, photo- journalism, electronic media, and film may also be undertaken, careers in these fields are explored. Recommendation by ELA teacher. **Counts as an elective does NOT count toward ELA graduation requirement.**