COMM-624 Boot Camp for Journalists

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This course introduces students to the MA in Journalism program, to Washington, D.C., and to basic digital skill sets. The intense schedule focuses on information gathering, writing, reporting and producing for a variety of media platforms. Emphasis is on fundamentals of critical thinking news judgment, interviewing, ethics and verification - all against a backdrop of a changing media industry. Usually offered every summer. Prerequisite: admission to graduate journalism program.