J298 Advanced Narrative Writing
Priority enrollment given, in this order, to 2nd year narrative track students; other 2nd year students; 1st year narrative track students; other first-year students. News is news: “US, Canada Go To War; Naval Battles in Great Lakes” or “J-School Lecturer Nabbed in Bank Heist.” A reader will read to the end of such a story…
Read MoreJ298 Intro to Reported Narrative Writing
Sometimes the best way to tell a reported story is to tell the story, using techniques of fine fiction: character, scene, pacing, dialogue, tension, strategically-placed backgrounding. For this course we’ll do a lot of reading—articles, book excerpts, essays, graphic novel-style journalism. Most will come in the form of a two-volume reader, and we’ll focus on different aspects…
Read MoreJ298 Narrative Capstone (Narrative 2nd-years)
This is a course designed expressly for second-year students on the narrative track. The aims of the course are to help narrative students troubleshoot reporting and writing challenges; develop winning pitches for their stories; compile portfolios; and prepare for the job market. We will workshop stories and pitches, meet with editors, and cover strategies for…
Read MoreJ226 Reporting on Infectious Diseases
This course offers an accessible introduction to science reporting. Students in the course will learn what constitutes the science beat and how journalists find and report such stories. By the end of this course, you will have a robust toolkit of science reporters’ resources in your personal files. Because this is a graduate-level course, we…
Read MoreStuck in place: How older adults end up trapped inside their own homes
by Anne Marshall-Chalmers. (Pictured above: Betty Gray in the Berkeley apartment where she had been confined since taking a bad fall in February. Katie Rodriguez/ UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program) This story was originally published in The San Francisco Chronicle on September 24, 2022. Seven months ago, Betty Gray could climb the 11 inside steps…
Read MoreTracked: How colleges use AI to monitor student protests
By Ari Sen & Dereka K. Bennett This story was originally published in The Dallas Morning News on September 20, 2022. This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Illustration by Michael Hogue. The pitch was attractive and simple. For a few thousand dollars a year, Social Sentinel offered schools across the country sophisticated…
Read MoreLGBTQ seniors can struggle to find affordable housing. A Sacramento development is trying to help.
By Felicia Alvarez This story was originally published by Cap Radio on September 20, 2022. When Francesca Dixon came out as transgender in late 2019, it was a matter of life and death. Tired of the toll that staying in the closet had taken on her mental health for more than 60 years, she decided…
Read MoreHow to keep older adults safer during heat waves? Give them housemates.
(Javier Garcia places a pillow under Josette Paoni’s head. Courtesy of Jamila Chakri / La Logitude) In France, a deadly heat wave gave rise to an intergenerational housing movement. By Sofie Kodner. This story originally appeared in Grist online on September 13, 2022. For more than three decades, 84-year-old Josette Paoni lived alone in a…
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