JOU 4970 INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM: THE REPORTING CAPSTONE

Students research, report, write, and produce investigative multimedia stories. Students gather and present news and data in a converged media environment that combines text, graphics, photojournalism, audio, and video. This class aims to ground students in some of the fundamental tools of investigative reporting: How to obtain and analyze public records and data; get information using a variety of sources; use social media for reporting and verification. Capstone course in the journalism major.

 

Credits

4 sh

Prerequisite

Senior Status

Offered

• Fall
• Spring

1. • plan and produce multimedia reporting projects using data, diverse sources, public records, and the tools of technology.
2. • apply numerical concepts and quantitative analysis to present news and information.
3. • learn persistent and constructive techniques for interviewing reluctant and/or hostile sources.
4. • create story content in various forms, such as text, audio, graphics, video, interactivity.
5. • write clearly and effectively using appropriate styles to tell stories in the public interest.
6. • review the history and roles of investigative reporting in journalism, comparing the levels of diversity in historic news reporting with modern reporting.
7. • engage in ethical ways of reasoning and apply professional news standards, such as truth, accuracy, fairness.