COMM-510 Women in Journalism

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(BJ,CS, PJ) (MS) Examines women’s historical and contemporary participation in print and broadcast journalism, including pioneering woman journalists of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, African-American women journalists, newswomen of the battlefield, and depictions of women journalists on film and television. Also covers contemporary issues facing women in journalism, and the portrayal of women in the news media. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite: minimum 2.5 GPA.