Taken at UIC in the Fall 2025 semester, this course provided ample opportunity to refine my skills in fact-gathering, verification, and the elimination of factual noise to bring human voices into institutional news. A key lesson was to attract readers’ attention foremost, stripping excess details to command tone, rhythm, and word choice.
See my media and professional writing below.
The flexibility of this course bridged the public and private sectors by teaching how different fields define issues, propose changes, judge actions, and promote values. By clarifying my thinking, writing, and argumentation for contexts like crisis management, white papers, and copywriting, I learned the power of common ground in professional communities and their ventures.
See my advanced professional writing below.