COURSE CODE: ARD 507
COURSE TITLE: News and Script writing and Editing
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3 Units
COURSE DURATION: Three hours per week

COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Dr. O. Oyekunle, HND, PGD, B.Agric., M.Sc., PhD
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Office Location: AMREC, FUNAAB
Other Lecturers:

COURSE SYNOPSIS

News gathering techniques: Mechanics and techniques of writing agricultural news stories for the media. Emphasis is on practice in writing newspaper feature stories; and short magazine articles as they relate to agricultural extension. News evaluation and copy editing.
NOTE: (Lecture – 2 hours; Practical – 3 hours per week).

ARD 507 Lecture Note