AS 4802 - Investigative Reporting

Credits: 4

What is now called investigative Reporting is an especially American journalistic pursuit of exposing corruption and abuses by individuals and institutions, inequity and unfairness, and revealing danger. The theory of this journalistic form is that if people are informed of such problems, they will demand a resolution. The course focuses on the philosophy and history of the enterprise, from the crusading journalism of the early years of the press in what became the United States, through the Muckraking Era of the early 20th century, through Watergate, through the founding of Investigative Reporters and Editors, to the present investigative reporting scene in print, radio, television and on the Internet. Students will conduct research on the history of investigative reporting. They will learn techniques of investigation and proof and do their own investigative reporting in print or electronic forms of media.

Prerequisites
EMS

When Offered:
Every semester.