This course (the second of two in the Journalism + Design core sequence) offers further and deeper practice in the skills required to practice journalism in the 21st century. Working within the realm of culture, students identify a beat, then pitch, write, and refine stories. In the process, they sharpen their research, observation, and interviewing skills; identify, research, and contact appropriate sources with varied perspectives; hone their newswriting, with greater attention to detail and nuance; and get used to working quickly and on deadline. To register, students must have taken News, Narrative & Design I and received a minimum grade of B.

This course (the second of two in the Journalism + Design core sequence) offers further practice in the skills required to practice journalism in the 21st century. Students identify a beat, then pitch, write, and refine two feature news stories. In the process, they sharpen their reporting, writing, research, observation, and data skills; identify, and contact appropriate sources with varied perspectives; hone their writing, with greater attention to detail and nuance; and get used to working quickly and on deadline. To register, students must have taken News, Narrative & Design I and received a minimum grade of B.