This presentation is for NMC 301 Writing for the Media Professional

1. NMC 301
Writing for the Media Professional

2. What is this class about?
 Fundamental writing skills
 Professional techniques used for a
media/content creator
 Think critically about information
 Tell compelling stories
 Time management
 Fulfilling WIC course requirement

3. Refresh your
writing skills
• Writing exercises
• Deep research on a topic
• Interviews
• Utilizing the Writing Center
• Peer-review
• 1000 word news feature
• Publishing online via a blog
• Dissemination/social media

4. Course Policies
•Communication through Canvas and OSU email
•Participation for 3 credits is ~90 hours
•Attendance is mandatory
•Make deadlines
•Do the work

5. Stories and Storytelling
 Storytelling predates writing
 Earliest forms of storytelling
were oral (with gestures and
expression)
 Rock art
(petroglyphs/pictoraphs/earth
figures) are human-make
markings placed on natural
stone
 Making meaning, interpretation
and communication

6. Where do you get your stories
from the modern day rock
art?

7. Writing
 Not a language
 It’s a tool for language to be read
 Same structures as speech
 Vocabulary, grammar, semantics and
semiotics
 Writing is a medium for human connection
 Represents language filled with emotion
and facts

8. Written Stories
Why are they necessary?

9. Let’s tell someone’s story
 Welcome to the term. I’d like to
hear from you now. Go to
Humans of New York website
http://www.humansofnewyork.com/ and
search through the stories until
you find one that speaks to you.
Read the story and take note of
how it made you feel. Reflect on
this piece and write a summary.
Address why you chose it,
identify if it was relatable,
educational, entertaining,
emotional, factual, etc? Would
you share this story with others?