Honors - Journalistic Blogging

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the world of journalistic blogging and social media in all its diversity, from exploring complex policy, social and economic issues to offering commentary on local art exhibits, music clubs, and local food stands. Students will learn techniques for making their online writing engaging, how to make a point quickly, and how to develop ideas and find an original voice while hewing to journalism's commitment to accuracy and clarity. The specific focus of the journalistic coverage- for example, culture, politics, sports- will vary from semester to semester.