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JOUR 210 - Information Gathering in the Digital Age

Strategies for gathering research information ethically and legally from a variety of sources: libraries, government and private institutions and think tanks, human rights web sites, statistical databases, historical documentary sources, photographic collections, media collections, polls/surveys, and subject specialists. Special attention to Internet databases as journalistic tools for finding and accessing information efficiently. Critical thinking skills will be employed to select, evaluate, synthesize, organize, edit, and present information.

Credits: 3