Mar 11, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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COM 309 - Crime and Political Reporting

Credits: 3

This course explores the press coverage surrounding crime and politics in the United States, with an emphasis on the practice of reporting. Students will learn specifically about access-to-information laws, including the Freedom of Information Act and open meetings and record laws. This is a writing intensive course where students will also strengthen their interviewing, research, and multimedia production skills.

Pre-Requisites: COM 260
Repeatable: May not be repeated for credit
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0
Discussion: 0
Clinical: 0


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