Kathleen Quinn
Sobhan Hassanvand
J260 Investigative Reporting Seminar
Investigative journalism, when done right, can set the world on a different course. It can rewrite policies, send people to prison, exonerate the innocent, protect the vulnerable and change the way we think about our communities. It can save lives. In this course, we will work together to set you on a path to committing…
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Margaret Cullen
J260 Investigative Reporting Seminar
Course objective: What does it take to produce great investigative journalism? The aim of this course is to answer this question by exploring methods and strategies for conceiving, reporting, writing and fact checking investigative narratives. What are the ingredients to look for when considering story ideas? Where does the reporting start? How do you go…
Read MoreFour-time Pulitzer Prize Winner David Barstow joins Berkeley Journalism
David Barstow, a senior writer at The New York Times and the first reporter to ever win four Pulitzer Prizes, is the new head of investigative reporting at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Barstow has been named the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism, succeeding Prof. Lowell Bergman, who retired…
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Erin Chessin
J260 Investigative Reporting Seminar
Course objective: What does it take to produce great investigative journalism? The aim of this course is to answer this question by exploring methods and strategies for conceiving, reporting, writing and fact checking investigative narratives. What are the ingredients to look for when considering story ideas? Where does the reporting start? How do you go…
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