FS 020 PZ -In the News

Institution: Pitzer

Description: This course’s main goal is for students to learn how to stay well informed about news in the world in which they live. That will involve both using various sources to follow the news and examining the history and shifting political economy of journalism, particularly in the context of the internet. A core assignment will be to read each days New York Times online, but this will be supplemented by a range of local, national, and global news sources, as well as relevant scholarly literature.

First-Year seminars are not listed on the course schedule. Incoming students will be assigned to a first-year seminar and registered automatically.