Prerequisite: JOUR620.

Students in this capstone class will research and write business stories for Capital News Service. Each semester, the topics students write about changes, but past subjects have included stories about Maryland's gig economy, the growth in start-up businesses, wage theft of immigrant workers, Wall Street's foray into affordable housing, the economics of sports stadiums and many other topics. Students will learn to identify newsworthy stories and interpret and integrate numbers and financial data into stories in a compelling way.