Investigative and Project Reporting is an advanced reporting clinic and seminar that teaches students how to identify, vet and pursue investigative stories. Students will dissect what it means to be “an investigative reporter” while learning and utilizing some of the most useful practices and tools of the trade. From conducting interviews and requesting public records, to searching databases and organizing data, we as a class will work toward a long-term project that will, ideally, be published and or broadcast with a number of potential news partners, including WBUR, Boston’s NPR station, ProPublica and The Boston Globe. Story topics may include criminal justice investigations, deep dives into immigration, as well as accountability reporting of complex systems and institutions, all with an emphasis on humanizing our story and placing an emphasis on the crucial role of effective storytelling.

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