Reporting A course on the basic requirements of reporting, including interviewing, covering speeches, profiles, court reporting, and other assignments. Includes in-class and outside reporting assignments. Basic keyboard skills required. Fulfills Junior Year Writing requirement. The case study approach generally is used, but emphasis is on the principles and philosophy underlying various aspects of communication law as these affect the daily work of communicators.
Students write at least two critical essays and several short pieces.
Topics include the typical moral dilemmas that face the journalist in areas such as truth-telling, conflicts of interest, deception, diversity, privacy, the special case of crime reporting, relationships with sources, and other areas. This course requires a group trip to Sicily during spring break in March. Students will learn about travel writing and cultural reporting. Photography will be taught by an experienced photographer, including digital photography using Photoshop. A photo essay and a travel article are required along with several readings.