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JOUR 402 - Business Journalism

(3 units)
Learn to report incisively on businesses and industries by conducting extensive reporting, analyzing quantitative data and major sources of business news. Field trip to San Francisco and Silicon Valley, tour cutting-edge companies, meet face-to-face with some of the nation’s top business and technology journalists.

Prerequisite(s): JOUR 107 JOUR 108 JOUR 207 JOUR 208 ; Journalism major or minor.

Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. create incisive articles about companies and industries by analyzing stock-market data, financial statements, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other sources of information.
2. create a work of in-depth investigative journalism about a business topic.
3. assess the quality of business news from different sources of media including the Web, newspapers, magazines, radio/podcasts, TV, books, and documentary film.


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