Prerequisite: JOUR320.

This is a course about the practice of political journalism at the highest level. We will explore political bias and objectivity, the debate over the public's right to know, national security and classification, and manipulation by White House officials. Students willfollow the 2024 election from the perspective of a correspondent on the trail. And we will work on critical skills: writing on deadline, developing sources, crafting questions for live briefings, building expertise quickly, using new technologies, and framing enterprise stories.