News Frontiers
Course Description
In this course, students will learn about and experiment with a variety of advanced data and computational techniques used in the news industry to hold powerful individuals and institutions to account. Topics may include geospatial analysis, image classification and entity extraction. Students will learn how these techniques are used to develop and tell stories, and then apply that knowledge in small-scale, novel exercises. Prerequisite is COMM 104W.
COMM 277A
Units: 4–5
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Typically Offered
Not Available
Grading Basis
Letter or Credit/No Credit
Class Level
Undergraduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
None
