NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE CODE: MAC 225 COURSE TITLE: News Writing and Reporting MAC225 COURSE GUIDE ii MAC225 NEWS WRITING AND REPORTING Course Team Nnamdi Tobechukwu Ekeanyanwu (Developer/Writer) - COVENANT Christine I. Ofulue (Programme Leader) - NOUN Josef Bel-Molokwu (Editor) - PAN-AFRICAN UNI Chidinma H. Onwubere (Coordinator) - NOUN COURSE GUIDE MAC225 COURSE GUIDE iii NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island Lagos Abuja Office No. 5 Dar es Salaam Street Off Aminu Kano Crescent Wuse II, Abuja Nigeria e-mail: