JOUR 3730 - Investigative Techniques

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 1
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture, Blended, Online
Tutorial Hour(s): 2

The course introduces student journalists to an array of investigative journalism techniques used for enterprise reporting projects in the public interest. Students will conduct freedom-of-information requests, search public and private records, practice accountability interviewing techniques, and engage with open-source databases and tools. Using these tools, students will produce a work of investigative journalism in the public interest.

Prerequisite(s): JOUR 3729