JOUR 240 - Journalism of Poverty

Credits: 3
When Offered: Spring

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.This course consists of two parallel initiatives: (1) At study of distinguished journalism on matters related to class and poverty, and (2) team-based service learning projects (students participate in one per term). Previous projects have included doing preliminary work toward creating a low-power FM radio station in an impacted community and designing and creating a Web site to serve journalists who specialize in covering issues of poverty and class, which included assembling a nationwide database of such journalists.Wasserman.