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3.00 Credits
This course teaches students to develop information-gathering skills needed for professional journalism. Students will learn to report by using their senses, through interviewing, and accessing public records. The class uses guest journalists, readings, lectures, discussions and writing labs to help students learn how to build stories within time constraints, using a variety of sources. Further, the class puts students beside professional journalists in The Register-Mail newsroom through shadowing and workshops. Prereq: JOUR 270 or permission of the instructor; T. Martin
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3.00 Credits
See description for PS 305. HSS; Prereq: PS 101 recommended; CL: PS 305; R. Seibert
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3.00 Credits
See description for ENG 306. Prereq: ENG 206 or written permission of the instructor; CL: ENG 306; May be taken three terms; N. Regiacorte, M. Berlin, N. Rosenfeld
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3.00 Credits
Topics include media as instruments of communication, as political intermediaries, as shapers of contemporary ideology and culture, and as commodity-producing industries. The course explores their impact on individuals, institutions and society at large. Print and broadcast, news, entertainment, advertising and the Internet are examined. Some familiarity with social or critical theory is recommended. Prereq: junior standing or permission of the instructor; CL: ANSO 323; D. Amor
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This course examines the role of media in globalization from a number of perspectives: how the development of new communication media has contributed to globalization, from the newspaper and the telegraph to the Internet and worldwide telecommunications; how national and transnational forces shape the evolution of media systems; how media systems are implicated in shaping local, national and transnational economic, political and cultural structures, as well as the texture of lived experience. Prereq: Junior standing or permission of the instructor; CL: ANSO 324; D. Amor
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3.00 Credits
Internships in journalism are designed to give students practical, applied experience in an aspect of journalism related to their career interests. These internships are student-initiated and, in most cases, the internship site is identified by the student rather than the supervising faculty member. Part of the internship experience requires the student to produce written work that is evaluated by the Knox faculty member. Prereq: junior standing or permission of the instructor; STAFF
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3.00 Credits
Students study the feature article, its distinguished history-which includes the birth of the Muckrakers at Knox-and its alternative forms, especially in the underground press and "new journalism" beginning in the 1960's. Studentsalso produce professional quality feature articles for publication, drawing on a broad range of communication skills-critical thinking, reporting, research, writing, and editing. Prereq: JOUR 270 or permission of the instructor; CL: ENG 370; W; M. Webb
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3.00 Credits
Passionate, fact-based investigative news stories can have a profound impact on society, as the history of McClure's Magazine and the Muckrakers demonstrates. In this course, students work in teams on locally based topics of national significance to produce a substantial investigative story of publishable quality. Students confer with subject-area mentors who provide guidance in research and understanding the technical, scientific or other specialized issues involved. The course involves substantial background research and interviewing, in addition to writing a major investigative feature story. Prereq: JOUR 270 or permission of the instructor; CL: ENG 371; W; M. Webb
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to Latin American history, from 1492 to the present. Topics include nationalism and revolution, political and economic conditions, racial and cultural diversity, and Latin America's relation to Europe and the United States. HSS; CL: HIST 121; C. Denial
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3.00 Credits
See description for ART 221. Prereq: ART 105, ART 106, or permission of the instructor; CL: ART 221; G. Gilbert
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