Political Journalism: The Presidential Primaries

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This course focuses entirely on the daunting art of writing political journalism about the presidential primaries. Students who are passionate about writing and politics will track the current presidential primary campaigns and write for collaborative workshop. At a time when Americans are more awash in opinions than ever before, the aim is to master the craft of writing clear, responsible, incisive, substantive, and entertaining journalism backed up with factual research. To learn more about this course, visit the Creative Writing Program at https://creative.writing.upenn.edu.