JRN 272

Lectures introduce students to features for text and other media, including the basics of current-affairs and documentary narrative techniques. Rationales for story form choice will be explored, as will planning, writing and selling features. Lectures and assignments will stretch students? ability to cover complex stories involving politics and money. While labs will focus primarily on text-based stories, students will also have the opportunity to practise techniques for long-form storytelling across a full range of platforms.