News Reporting and Writing

Harvard Extension School

JOUR E-140A

Section 1

CRN 27158

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This section of JOUR E-140a focuses on local news. In these days of news deserts and newspaper downsizing, there is a large, and growing, number of stand-alone online and print local news outlets that are hiring reporters and editors. These are professional jobs at hundreds of new news outlets around the country. In the Boston, Massachusetts area alone, several dozen new local news outlets have emerged, including The Belmont Voice, The Marblehead Weekly News, The Concord Bridge, and Brookline.news. In this course, students learn how to cover local news and how to write news and feature stories relevant to the towns they live in or are covering. They also produce audio and video pieces on local topics and develop a portfolio of news clips and multimedia content that they can include in their resumes or publish.

Credits: 4

Term

Spring Term 2027

Part of Term

Full Term

Format

Live Attendance Web Conference

Credit Status

Graduate, Undergraduate

Section Status

Open

Instructor Info

Iris Adler, MA

Journalist and Podcast Consultant

Meeting Info

Th 5:10pm - 7:10pm (1/25 - 5/15)

Participation Option: Online Synchronous

Deadlines

Last day to register:

Prerequisites

An introductory journalism course or the equivalent, some multimedia content production, and a strong interest in local journalism.

Notes

This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. See minimum technology requirements.

Tuition

All Sections of this Course

CRN	Section #	Participation Option(s)	Instructor	Section Status	Meets	Term Dates
17345	1	Online Synchronous	Matthew Brown	Open	Th 8:10pm - 10:10pm	Aug 31 to Dec 19
26980	1	Online Synchronous		Field not found in response.		Jan 26 to May 16
36134	1	Online Synchronous	Austin Bogues	Open	MW 6:30pm - 9:30pm	Jun 22 to Aug 7
27158	1	Online Synchronous	Iris Adler	Open	Th 5:10pm - 7:10pm	Jan 25 to May 15