JRNL1101 (Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Average rating 3.2/5. Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Covers the foundations of newswriting, including leads, story structure, objective tone, and attribution. Introduces fundamental reporting skills such as interviewing, researching, and observation. Asks students, in their reporting, to step back and analyze the institutions they are writing about and the media itself in order to understand how societies and their institutions function and the validity of theories that explain these processes. Also explores how journalistic writing is leveraged on various publishing platforms and by different types of media organizations.
Data updated October 2026.