JOUR 395 - Specialty Reporting

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: Journalism 201 and junior standing, or instructor consent. An advanced reporting course in which students develop expertise in a particular area of public significance. Topics rotate as faculty resources allow, and are likely to include education, politics, environment, religion, or education. Through reporting and writing, students learn about key institutions, terms, and sources related to the particular field. They learn how to identify newsworthy stories and write clear, compelling, fair, and accurate news stories for mass audiences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Appropriate for non-majors.

Winter 2018, JOUR 395-01: Specialty Reporting: Covering Education (3). Prerequisites: Open to majors and non-majors. Politicians, business leaders and parents claim they care about the education of our children. But the topic is complex because it touches on the biggest issues of our time, including race, immigration and democratic citizenship. Approaching education through nonfiction storytelling will enable students to find the human element behind the bureaucratic fog that often surrounds schools. This course is designed for journalism and non-journalism majors who want to learn how to tell a compelling education story for a general audience, and for students who want to teach, or are curious about education. Cumming.