ST - Eye Witness in Reporting

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This is an advanced journalism course that will look at the advantages and drawbacks of eyewitness reports, one of the principal resources of all non-fiction. The course will examine some of the finest first-person reporting and eyewitness accounts of the last century, as well as studying some of the most notorious and misleading dispatches. Such reporting has had the power to change history, and to distort it. By focusing on the counter-intuitive¿that is, on the weaknesses of eyewitnesses¿the course will help students develop more sophisticated and discerning reading and writing skills.