Journalism
Not all courses are available to SSP students. For example, some courses are offered only for graduate credit. Note especially any listed prerequisites.
- JOUR S-50 Basic Journalism
- JOUR S-100 Graduate Journalism Proseminar: Writing and Reporting
- JOUR S-141 Broadcast Journalism
- JOUR S-150 Advanced Narrative Nonfiction
JOUR S-50
Basic Journalism
(4 credits: UN) Eight-week session. Tuition $2,275. Limited enrollment.
Harvard College students see additional information.
Section 1 (31992) (Print version)
James M. Scott, M,W 3:30-6 pm, Sever Hall, Room 211.
Section 2 (32007) (Print version)
James M. Scott, T,Th 9:30 am-noon, Sever Hall, Room 205. Optional sections to be arranged.
Section 3 (32006) (Syllabus) (Print version)
Claudio Sanchez, T,Th 3:30-6 pm, Sever Hall, Room 112. Optional sections to be arranged.
Section 4 (32170) (Syllabus) (Print version)
Andrea McCarren, M-Th 9:30 am-noon, 53 Church Street, Room 203. Short session
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Section 5 (32201) (Print version)
Elizabeth Soutter, M-Th 9:30 am-noon, Sever Hall, Room 105.
This course is an intensive workshop for those interested in writing for newspapers or magazines. Assignments may include a short factual report, longer researched article, personal reportage, editorial, obituary, profile, critical review, and query letter. Reporting, interviewing, researching, and writing effectively are stressed, and ethical and legal concerns for a journalist addressed.
JOUR S-100
Graduate Journalism Proseminar: Writing and Reporting (31963)
(Syllabus) (Print version)
June Carolyn Erlick
Graduate proseminar. (4 credits: GR) T,Th 6-8:30 pm, 53 Church Street, Room L01. Eight-week session. Tuition $1,700. Limited enrollment.
Online and on-campus options. See Distance Education. Harvard College students see additional information.
This proseminar introduces students to the fundamentals of journalism at the graduate level—research, interviewing, reporting, and writing—by exposing them to a variety of reporting assignments. Students learn how to construct a lead as well as how to structure a story. They experience the difference between a feature story and a news story by having to write them both. Prerequisite: At the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level writing skills.
JOUR S-141
Broadcast Journalism (32145)
(Syllabus) (Print version)
Andrea McCarren
(4 credits: UN, GR) T,Th 12:30-3 pm, 53 Church Street, Room 203. Eight-week session. Tuition $2,275. Limited enrollment.
Harvard College students see additional information.
This intensive course covers the fundamentals of journalism but also explores the world of broadcasting and new media. Students focus on developing excellent research, reporting, and writing skills and learn how to apply them to television, radio, and online news. Ethical and legal standards are emphasized, along with key investigative techniques. This is not a production course, but students learn the basics of shooting video, tracking audio, and editing a quality print and broadcast story.
JOUR S-150
Advanced Narrative Nonfiction (32000)
(Syllabus) (Print version)
Christina Thompson
(4 credits: UN, GR) T,Th 12:30-3 pm, Emerson Hall, Room 106. Eight-week session. Tuition $2,275. Limited enrollment.
Harvard College students see additional information.
In this advanced course we read and write in a variety of narrative nonfiction genres, from memoir to essay to travelogue. Through exercises, discussion, and revision we learn how to develop narratives using fictional techniques, factual information, and observed reality. We also study the work of writers such as Vivian Gornick, Atul Gawande, and Joan Didion. Registered students should bring a 1000-word writing sample, which serves as a basis for admission, to the first class meeting. Prerequisite: A beginning or intermediate writing course, or permission of the instructor.