JOUR 4002 - Lawmaking and Lobbying (State Government) Reporting

2 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: JOUR 3900 with a grade of C or better.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
Only students who have met the Journalism Major Eligibility Requirements may enroll in this course without department approval. Journalism majors only. Reporting and producing stories about local government entities, e. g. city council, board of education, county commission, etc. Emphasis will be on the “watchdog” role of journalists, access to records and Freedom of Information Act requests and how coverage of local government can be produced to engage the consumers of journalism about urban issues. City Scholars course. May include a Signature Experience component.