Sierra Nevada College Digital Course Pack: ENGL 340 (Spring 2012)

Course Pack Overview

Title:
Sierra Nevada College Digital Course Pack: ENGL 340 (Spring 2012)
Type:
Digital Course Pack
Cost:
$24.95

This course pack is for students enrolled in ENGL 340 Journalism Workshop I at Sierra Nevada College.

About Digital Course Packs

A digital course pack gathers self-directed training and assessments in a convenient package.

This series of self-directed courses produced by Poynter's News University is an online supplement to in-class meetings and traditional texts. This course pack is crucial for understanding of writing, editing and newsgathering. Each of these digital courses has an assessment of your understanding of the information presented, which is part of your final grade in the course.

The courses in this pack are:

  • Introduction to Reporting: Beat Basics
  • Sources, Verification and Credibility
  • Cleaning Your Copy: Grammar, Style & More
  • Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making

This course pack is for students enrolled in ENGL 340 Journalism Workshop I at Sierra Nevada College. If you are interested in a course pack for your school, please contact us at info@newsu.org.

Training Partner:

Sierra Nevada College

Sierra Nevada College opened its doors in the fall of 1969 with 23 students. Among the goals of the founders was incorporation of the unique environmental qualities and characteristics of the Lake Tahoe region into the academic programs at SNC. Decades later, fidelity to this goal is still reflected in the SNC academic mission and core curriculum, which emphasize the importance of environmental, social, economic, and educational sustainability.

Instructor: 

Tanya Canino

Tanya Canino has worked for 25 years as a reporter and editor for Lake Tahoe’s local newspapers as well as papers such as the Sacramento Bee, Reno Gazette Journal and dailies in her home state of Kansas. Throughout her career, she has earned many state and national awards for reporting, writing and leading her newsrooms to General Excellence recognition. She has been a key player in developing several new publications as well as a local online newspaper. She holds a B.A. in Journalism and Humanities from Kansas State University.