| Course ID: | JOUR 5290/7290. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Financial Journalism |
Course
Description: | Explains fundamental business concepts and provides basic financial literacy for journalism students preparing to cover a range of topics that involve money. Students will produce financial journalism through assignments that emphasize data research and interviewing techniques for reporting on complex subjects. |
| Oasis Title: | Financial Journalism |
| Undergraduate Prerequisite: | JOUR 3090 and permission of department |
| Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will hone their story development skills using
primary and secondary source material. They will discuss
examples of financial journalism and use those case studies to
inform their own techniques. They will pitch and produce
financial journalism in a variety of formats (text, audio, and
video) using primary interviews and data primarily from
government and business sources. The course will feature
several guest speakers and will emphasize critical thinking as
part of the reporting process as students develop confidence
in reporting on complex topics. |
| Topical Outline: | Fundamentals of financial markets; economic concepts, basic
financial literacy skills; effective interviewing techniques,
numeracy, and data interpretation skills, presentation of stories
in a variety of media formats, exploration of career in business,
and financial journalism. |