Beat Reporting

Catalog description

Offered autumn. Prereq., JRNL 270 . Building on skills learned in Reporting and Elements of News Writing, students develop the necessary skill to navigate common reporting beats seen in newsrooms across the country. The course emphasizes both tenacious reporting and source development with accurate, confident writing all while under tight deadlines. Weekly assignments based on real-world reporting are commonly critiqued in-class with feedback geared toward improvement in both reporting and writing.