J200 Reporting the News: Democracy and Inequality – Section 002

Students will explore issues of democracy and inequality as they overlap with the sports landscape, from gender equity to race relations to immigration. We’ll learn how to generate story ideas and navigate access. We’ll drill down on interviewing technique, in-the-field reporting, and story structure, utilizing the inherent narrative structures of athletics. The goal: to pitch…

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J216 New Media Master’s Project Seminar-Section 1

This two-semester class is for students who want to do a New Media master’s project and specialize in digital media or multimedia reporting after graduation. In the class students will: Participate in critical discussions of best practices in multimedia storytelling and topics in new media publishing so students are prepared to work in and take…

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J216 New Media Master's Project Seminar-Section 1

This two-semester class is for students who want to do a New Media master’s project and specialize in digital media or multimedia reporting after graduation. In the class students will: Participate in critical discussions of best practices in multimedia storytelling and topics in new media publishing so students are prepared to work in and take…

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J219 MINI: Undocumented America

This is a seven week course: Week 1: 2/14 Week 2: 2/21 Week 3: 2/28 Week 4: 3/7 Week 5: 3/14 –SPRING BREAK — Week 6: 4/4 Week 7: 4/11   There are close to 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, comprising what amounts to a country within a country. Their presence impacts…

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J243 Advanced Narrative Writing

Advanced Narrative Writing is primarily for 2nd year students. 1st year students I would urge to take Introduction to Reported Narrative Writing unless you’ve had some experience writing larger narrative stories. People outside the J-School I will usually not have room for, but if you’re interested, contact me in advance to be put on a…

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J230 Business Reporting: Follow the Money

Business reporting isn’t just for stock traders. It’s a platform for creating great features, profiles and investigative stories about everything from high-tech invention to corporate ethics. We’ll read the bestseller “Bad Blood,” the riveting tale of biotech fraud in Silicon Valley.  You can write about the latest and greatest in product development, or do a…

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J298 Introduction to Reported Narrative Writing

OVERVIEW The purpose of this workshop is to study and practice the craft of reported narrative writing (also known as long form, narrative nonfiction, and, under certain conditions, literary journalism, all of which are variations on New Journalism). Five years ago I developed the class for writing concentration 1st years who want/need an intermediary step…

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J216 New Media Master’s Project Seminar

This two-semester class is for students who want to do a New Media master’s project and specialize in digital media or multimedia reporting after graduation. In the class students will: Participate in critical discussions of best practices in multimedia storytelling and topics in new media publishing so students are prepared to work in and take…

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