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JRN 317

Fact Checking and Accuracy

Students build on their understanding of the discipline of verification that lies at the heart of all responsible journalism. They do so by learning formal methods of fact-checking as well as being introduced to social science methods. Students in this course will fact-check randomly selected reporting assignments submitted for courses throughout the journalism program.
Weekly Contact: Lab: 2 hrs. Lecture: 1 hr.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Course Count: 1.00
Billing Units: 1

Prerequisites

(JRN 112 and JRN 124 and JRN 125) or (JRN 272 and JRN 273)

Co-Requisites

None

Antirequisites

None

Custom Requisites

None

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