Investigative Reporting

Catalog description

Description: Emphasizes the ethical use of primary sources, in-depth analysis and rigorous fact-checking to reveal important public matters that that others might be trying to conceal. Students learn to correctly estimate the nature, scope, importance and resources needed to conduct an original investigative project. They examine the ethical dilemmas and legal obstacles facing investigative reporters. Students report, write and produce a completed multimedia investigative project for publication and/or broadcast. Previously offered as JB 4413.