What is JMC 2033?

Writing for Mass Media, also known as JMC 2033 is a lecture class designed to help college students become better writers. This class sets up the distinct styles of writing for different media outlets. While learning the fundamentals of grammar, students broaden their writing styles in public relations, advertising, broadcast journalism, and professional writing. No matter the major, each student has to do all the required work for each section. This makes a student more versatile with different writing styles.
Along with the lecture class there will also be a separate writing lab to put the information learned from the lecture into effect by putting a student's writing skills to the test. The lab instructor will help students learn how to locate news stories and leads along with teaching them several different types of media stories. For example, students with public relation majors will learn how to correctly write a press release. Also, throughout the entire semester students will blog each assignment that they have learned to write.
The JMC 2033 syllabus states that a student needs to understand language in order to be successful in a career. This class has specific goals in order for a student to reach that understanding. A few of those goals include improving a students writing, understanding conventions of writing for mass media, developing professional skills, and building media literacy. By the end of the semester, students should be able to complete these goals.