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This seminar will introduce American Studies students to various forms of journalistic writing (e.g. press release, brief news report, opinion piece, blog, speech, profile, brief feature). It will then focus on literary journalism as a creative form of writing emerging from the 1960’s New Journalism to today’s feature journalism as published, e.g. by The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Yorker. Students will develop their own writing skills in short exercises and by writing a blog post potentially to be published in the American Studies Blog or the TeachAboutUS.org blog, depending on their topic of choice.
Students thus actively engage in skill and c.v. building.
Class time will be spent on discussing professional articles, developing and researching themes, drafting short writing samples, reviewing student drafts and engaging in peer critique to develop writing and editing skills. We will also welcome a few guest speakers.
Requirements
- A blog draft (ab. 800 words): Each student will select a topic of their interest within the wider framework of their studies and go through several drafts and revisions.
- A presentation (10 mins. Plus discussion): Each student will deliver a brief presentation on their choice of topic, research and draft for their blog post.
- Regular and active attendance.
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