Public Interest Communication

Catalog description

This course explores the principles and best practices of strategic communication aimed at achieving lasting, positive social change in various areas, including climate change, racial justice, healthcare access, and housing policy. This interdisciplinary program draws from practice and scholarship in public relations, journalism, advertising, psychology, sociology, political science, anthropology, and neuroscience. This course is custom-tailored for current and future communications directors at a nonprofit organization or a media relations officer at a foundation being an account executive at a strategic communications firm.