Journalism 397TG - ST-Invstgv Journalsm & The Web

In this class, students will be introduced to basic investigative techniques. Students will learn first-hand how to scan police records, court records, land records and such. We will study some of the great investigative stories of our time and the techniques reporters used during their investigations. This will be a hands-on class where students will learn the basics of computer-assisted reporting, database reporting and mapping the results of your investigations. This will be a project-oriented class with students in the class reporting and investigating a topic for the majority of the semester.

Open to Senior and Junior JOURNAL majors only. Pre Req: JOURNAL 300