URBS 252 - Urban Journalism

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Rubin. This course will examine the state of urban journalism today with special emphasis on how large newspapers are redefining themselves, and the news, in an era of dwindling readership and growing corporate pressures. The course will look at local television news, photojournalism, magazines, the black and ethnic press, online journalism, alternative weeklies and ethics, and will discuss the techniques journalists use in reporting the news. The course is taught by Dan Rubin, metro columnist and former foreign correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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