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Topic

Science and Health Journalism

Instructors

Christina Maria Paschyn

Meeting Info

Northwestern Qatar Room 1-245: Mon, Wed 10:00AM - 11:15AM (AST)

Overview of class

The Science and Health Journalism course seeks to provide students with the intellectual tools and practical skills to engage critically and report these two subjects as part of their news beats. To do so, the course discusses the key issues around science and health while providing students with the ability to understand and produce news stories relating to science and health. The course is delivered in lectures and workshops. In the lectures, students examine a series of topics relating to science and health and which deal with aspects such as ethics of since communication, the politics of health and science news, audience engagement, among others. During the workshops, students learn how to gather, write and produce science and health news stories for print, online and broadcast media

Registration Requirements

Prerequisites: None

Open to sophomores and above

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Registration is reserved for sophomore, juniors, and seniors only.