Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Michigan/Environ 320 Environmental Journalism (2013 Q1)/Course description

This class has two objectives. The first is to introduce students to basic research and writing skills needed to communicate with the public about emerging environmental and health issues. The second is to help students understand the opportunities created by the revolutionary changes taking place in the way society defines, creates and shares information about the environment and public health. Students will practice journalistic writing, a genre that emphasizes succinct, non-fiction articles. Journalistic writing differs markedly in style from academic writing, yet many of our past students have found that learning to write like a journalist has improved their ability to write for academic audiences as well. The interviews you will conduct for this course are similar to the research that academics do before writing their papers.

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