Journalism, a course based on the Indiana Academic Standards for English/Language Arts and the
Indiana High School Journalism Standards, is a study of news elements, journalism history, First
Amendment law, ethics, fact and opinion, copy editing, news, and features as they apply to print and
digital media products. It includes a comparison study of journalistic writing to other types of English
writing with practical application of news, features, editorials, reviews, columns, and digital media
writing forms. For the second credit: Students continue to develop journalistic writing skills in addition
to studying graphic design, advertising, public relations, photojournalism, and emerging media
development and design in order to analyze messaging techniques and identify and avoid the
presentation of false or misleading information. By the end of the semester, students write, shoot, and
design stories for print and digital media products.