J298 – War and Data: Telling Human Rights Stories Using Open Sources
Warriors murder civilians in the shadows. By their nature mass killings take place in war zones and other hard to reach places. Inaccessibility, lack of witnesses, conflicting stories: all of these help militaries and governments succeed in what they prefer to do, which is to lie and to deny. In human rights reporting confirmation is…
Read MoreJ243 Strategies of Narrative Journalism
Enrollment dependent upon faculty approval; details to follow. The arc of this writing workshop will follow the process of researching and writing a single long piece of narrative journalism: finding and pitching story ideas; reporting in depth and at length; outlining and structuring your story; choosing a narrative voice and strategy, crafting leads and “overtures,”…
Read MoreJ298 – Intro. to Narrative Writing
Introduction to Narrative is a class for writers who want to explore storytelling in its purest form – the narrative – as a platform for turning your great reporting into tales that infuse rigorously-reported nonfiction stories with that engaging, “once-upon-a-time” quality. Preference will be given to 1st Years in the narrative writing track. Enrollment dependent…
Read MoreJ298 Story Structures
Story Structures In this class, we’ll learn about story architecture—how to craft your material to give it tone, meaning and style, and how to choose a structure that best matches your materials, reporting constraints and artistic intentions. In our 15 weeks together, we’ll examine 13 commonly-used structures to understand how they are constructed and what…
Read MoreJ298 How to be an Editor
Enrollment dependent upon faculty approval; details to follow. This course is designed to be a tasting platter for the aspiring print or online editor, or anyone curious about the job. It’s also a great course for writers who want to learn how editors think, and use those skills to make their own work better. Almost…
Read MoreJ298 Reading and Reflection (Connected to J200 – Section 004)
This class is a component of each J200 section and is led by the J200 instructor. Course content includes a diverse selection of media to foster dialogue around important issues in reporting and the field of journalism generally.
Read MoreJ298 Reading and Reflection (Connected to J200 – Section 001)
This class is a component of each J200 section and is led by the J200 instructor. Course content includes a diverse selection of media to foster dialogue around important issues in reporting and the field of journalism generally.
Read MoreJ298 Reading and Reflection (Connected to J200 – section 002)
This class is a component of each J200 section and is led by the J200 instructor. Course content includes a diverse selection of media to foster dialogue around important issues in reporting and the field of journalism generally.
Read MoreJ298 Reading and Reflection (Connected to J200 – Section 003)
This class is a component of each J200 section and is led by the J200 instructor. Course content includes a diverse selection of media to foster dialogue around important issues in reporting and the field of journalism generally.
Read MoreJ298 Clash: Contested Terrain, Conflicting Interests : Telling Environmental Stories that Matter
For this course, think of potential stories in the broadest sense—embracing all of the ways that humankind interacts with the natural world, including but not limited to ecosystem preservation, alteration, degradation, and restoration; urbanization and industrialization; climate change; genetic engineering; agriculture, resource extraction, the use of public lands, air and water pollution; overpopulation, extinction, the…
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