Reporting

Catalog description

Practice in researching and gathering material for and preparation of news stories for print media. COMM 332 Reporting (3) The course is an introduction to the various tools and techniques of researching and gathering information, using a combination of traditional research methods and new computer-based technologies. It develops performance and critical skills focusing on concepts of news, fact checking, finding and developing sources, interviewing, writing styles, and structures of different story types. It also provides solid grounding in historical, ethical, and legal dimensions of U.S. newspaper journalism within a comparative media system context. For the duration of the course, there shall also be continuous discussion on the role of the journalist in society, where students shall examine the legal provisions and ethical considerations that govern the practice of journalism, the unwritten "social contract" between journalists and their audiences, and the nature of the relationship between journalists and those who wield political and economic power in the community.