Problems in management and production, and the outlook for new technologies. Event and issue-oriented journalism of politics and public affairs. Primary focus is on sensitivity to language and editing skills. Includes headline writing, layout and production. An emerging genre called literary journalism will be examined as a means of cultural reporting with a personal narrative style.
Students hear presentations from and interview experts in environmental science and reporting.
Exemplary popular literature in environmental reporting is reviewed. Works by authors such as Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen J. Gould, and Richard Selzer will be analyzed for literary qualities in a quest to understand why some science writing succeeds. Newspapers, radio, television and magazines. Media coverage and portrayal of women. Historical and current status of women in mass communication industries.