COMS 404 - Specialized Journalism

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Four hours lecture and laboratory.
Prerequisites: COMS 104, COMS 204, COMS 130 (with a grade of “C” or better), and COMS 330 (with a grade of “C” or better), or permission of instructor.
Strategies for computer assisted reporting, practice in gathering information from first-person participants and expert sources, and experience in writing investigative and exploratory articles and/or documentary scripts. The course concentrates on several themes evident in journalism today, including diversity reporting, community journalism, financial reporting, reporting for the web, international issues and others.