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JOUR 402

Business Journalism

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

Learn to report incisively on businesses and industries by conducting extensive reporting, analyzing quantitative data and major sources of business news.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Journalism major or minor status.
JOUR 307JOUR 361
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): JOUR 307 or JOUR 361; Journalism major or minor status.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring

Terms

spring

Restrictions

Journalism major or minor status.

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • create incisive articles about companies and industries by analyzing stock-market data, financial statements, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other sources of information.
  • create a work of in-depth investigative journalism about a business topic.
  • assess the quality of business news from different sources of media including the Web, newspapers, magazines, radio/podcasts, TV, books, and documentary film.