Skip over navigation

Course Offerings

Course Details

Fall 2012-2013
* JRN 400 (LA)   na, npdf

The Media in America

Evan W. Thomas

ENROLLMENT BY APPLICATION OR INTERVIEW. DEPARTMENTAL PERMISSION REQUIRED.

This seminar will discuss such topics as secrecy, national security, and a free press; reputation, privacy, and the public's right to know; muckraking and the "establishment" press; spin and manipulation; the rise of blogging; the economic impact of technological change on the news business.

Sample reading list:
Articles from NYTimes, Washington Post, Newsweek,,
New Yorker and other sources,

Reading/Writing assignments:
Approximately 6 - 8 hours of preparation, divided between reading and writing. Eight short writing assignments; two 8-page papers.

Requirements/Grading:
Papers - 70%
Class/Precept Participation - 30%

Prerequisites and Restrictions:
Enrollment by application: http://humanities.princeton.edu..

Other information:
Evan Thomas, former Editor-at-Large for Newsweek, is the author of eight books. He has written more than a hundred cover stories for Time and Newsweek on national and international news. Writers and journalists will visit the class as guest speakers. Students will meet individually with Mr. Thomas every week to go over their writing.

Website:  http://humanities.princeton.edu

Schedule/Classroom assignment:

Class numberSectionTimeDaysRoomEnrollmentStatus
22167 S01 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm T   Henry House   16   Enrolled:16 Limit:16 Closed