JTC 361 - Writing for Specialized Magazines

Prerequisite

JTC 210 (Newswriting).

Description

Writing articles for agricultural, business, hobby, technical, trade, and other specialized periodicals whose readers use information to make decisions.

This course can be applied towards the:

• Liberal Arts (B.A.)

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• A Pocket Style Manual, 5th Ed.
  Diana Hacker
• On Writing Well
  Zinsser

Students will need a Newsweek subscription by the time class starts January 19, 2010. Suggested Resources (available in the library):

The Writers' Market

The Encarta Dictionary

Elements of Style, Strunk and White

Instructors

Jane Albritton
(970) 221-3025
aloha@lamar.colostate.edu

Jane Albritton is the president of Tiger Enterprises Writing Consultants. She founded the company 25 years ago (1981) in response to a demand for training in writing, editing and communication. Currently she writes for the Northern Colorado Business Report and is a contributor for Poudre Magazine. Her story on artist Brian Cobble was featured in the June 2006 edition of Southwest Art.

She has edited a variety of books, including a soon to be published history of the engineering firm CH2MHILL, the company that cleaned up the Rocky Flats Nuclear site.