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OBJECTIVES AND PHILOSOPHY
Under deadline conditions in the crucible of New York City, you will learn
by doing. You will develop and hone reporting and writing skills over
a range of news and feature stories. As you improve your craft, you will
delve into substance, such as race, crime, politics. You will sharpen
news judgment, street smarts, ethical sensitivity. You will learn teamwork.
Your teachers are committed to helping you succeed. However, ultimately,
your education is your responsibility. In fact, a good journalist embraces
a lifetime of self-directed learning.
ORGANIZATION
You will practice deadline writing in the lab but spend most of your time
on the street -- in neighborhoods, on news runs. Think shoe leather and
Metrocard. Each of you will cover an ethnically diverse neighborhood,
cultivate a neighborhood beat, do enterprise stories off your beat. Think
story idea. Other assignments, sometimes off the AP daybook, will take
you elsewhere in New York, such as City Hall or Police Plaza. As the course
evolves, longer, more complex stories will be assigned as homework taking
several days or longer. Those stories will include a substantial profile
and an "enterprise" project (which may be linked to your master's project).
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