JOUR 564 Solutions Journalism: Investigating Social Impact

In this research course, students will use the techniques of solutions journalism to gain practical insight into how contemporary problems can be addressed. Students will produce a publishable solutions journalism story by carefully researching a problem and the responses to it through in-depth interviews with community members as well as experts, gathering evidence of impact (effectiveness as well as limitations), and completing a story that is insightful, factually accurate and written with intellectual depth and compelling prose.

Repeatable: N
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3