Journalistic Writing: Exploring the Genre

1 Course Unit

Journalism has been called the first rough draft of history, because it attempts to answer a basic everyday question: What's happening? This workshop-based course explores the techniques that make a good journalism story, including fact gathering, ledes, structure, kickers, interviewing, quotes, description, and journalistic ethics, and the basic skills needed to produce journalism across print and digital mediums. To learn more about this course, visit the Creative Writing Program at https://creative.writing.upenn.edu. Fall or Spring 1 Course Unit