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Jim Reppke


 

 

Jim Reppke
Phone: (313) 845-9672
E-mail: jreppke@hfcc.edu
Office: L-204
Building: Liberal Arts
Fax: (313) 317-6690.

 

JOURNALISM

Course Descriptions:

JOUR 131: Journalism 131 is a course designed to be an introduction to news writing.  In this course, the students learn to write exciting news stories, thought-provoking opinion columns, and stimulating reviews.  Students also read and analyze professional newspapers.

JOUR 134: Journalism 134 is a study of the advertising industry and how it functions in our lives.  The student learns to write advertising copy based on the theories of selling a product.  A single advertiser is studied and an advertising campaign is developed.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

James Reppke earned a master's degree in Journalism at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and a master's degree in English at Eastern Michigan University.  He has taught at HFCC since 1976 and has served on numerous English Division and college-wide committees.  He was also the advisor to the college newspaper and the advisor and founder of Michigan's first community college news magazine.