Special Note
Course overview
This course builds on students’ interviewing, reporting and storycrafting skills. Students will deepen critical and ethical thinking about selection of sources and interviewing techniques. They will hone abilities to glean and convey more complicated information. They will explore narrative and other techniques well-suited to presenting complex issues to the public. Over the term, the student will pitch, report, structure and complete a single major piece suitable for publishing. This process can help students select and make substantive progress on their final research project; however, intent to do an Final Research Project is not required. The course incorporates lectures, guest speakers, collaborative group work, assigned writing, interactive exercises and individualized problem solving with the instructors. Many students have published their resulting work in quality publications.