Politics and Government program Politics and Government seminar Experience as a working correspondent at Medill's Washington, D.C., news bureau, which provides locally oriented coverage to client newspapers and television and radio stations. An examination of the scientific and technological problems and developments that journalists interpret, with an emphasis on medical and environmental issues. Students are trained in gathering and writing science and technology news, placing it in a social context and making it understandable to a mass audience. An interpretation of the trends and complexities of entertainment and the arts, helping students set standards as critics. Philosophical approaches to aesthetics, critical theories, the maintenance of standards in mass culture and the economics of the arts are examined.
Students do reviewing and feature writing.
In the seminar, students gain magazine writing and editing skills and discuss developments in the magazine field. In the workshop, students submit consumer and specialized business articles for structural analysis and general editorial criticism. An in-depth examination of newsroom administration, personnel and other management functions including advertising, circulation and production. Students meet the power brokers and decision makers shaping the American newspaper industry. N ews Publishing and Design practicum Telling news stories by integrating writing, editing, photography, graphics and design.