JOUR 280 - Legal Reporting

Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall, Winter

Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and at least sophomore standing.This course introduces students to the U.S. court system, its players, its language and its impact on the public at large. Students learn how to identify newsworthy legal stories, read court documents and make sense of them in order to write clear, compelling news stories for mass audiences. The course is taught by Reynolds Professor of Legal Reporting Toni Locy, who has covered federal courts, the Justice Department and the Supreme Court for The Washington Post, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, the Associated Press and others.Locy.