Reporting and Writing

Catalog description

This course is designed to hone the student journalist's abilities to observe closely, to research deeply, and to report accurately. Students practice developing fresh story ideas, use multiple modes of research (face-to-face interviews, Internet resources and databases, digital media, etc.), and write articles in narrative, explanatory, and investigative styles, for both print and online outlets. There is practice on fact-checking and an introduction to multi-media news reporting. In all assignments, the focus is on how to present complex information with precision and clarity and to do so on deadline. Also, an introduction to the history of American journalism and wide reading in contemporary news reporting allows students to complement their growing technical skills with considerations of the profession's ethical and philosophical aspects. Prerequisite or