JOUR 532 - Political Reporting

Three hours.
3 Credits

This course teaches students the fundamentals of covering the American political world, as well as larger concepts that can help generate deeper context and understanding. This course is designed to provide a broad overview of this beat, from the grassroots to the White House. This course emphasizes deadline writing and critiquing of political and public policy news. Students are also encouraged to explore the use of social media to cover and explain campaigns and policy. The course encourages familiarity with the methods and insights of political and social science; the selection of readings includes many pieces of original research. Students should come away with the confidence to use such materials to inform their future reporting.

Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING