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COMM 177I

Investigative Watchdog Reporting (COMM 277I)

UNITS:4-5
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:—

Graduate students register for COMM 277I. COMM 177I is offered for 5 units, COMM 277I is offered for 4 units.) Learn how to apply an investigative and data mindset to journalism, from understanding how to background an individual or entity using online databases to compiling or combining disparate sets of information in ways that unveil wrongdoing or mismanagement. Focuses on mining texts, tracking associations, and using visualizations. Stories produced apply investigative techniques to beat reporting, breaking news, and long form journalism. Instructor permission required for freshmen and sophomores. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)

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1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 7040
0 / 16 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:9:30 AM – 10:50 AM
LOCATION:TBD
INSTRUCTOR:
Phillips, Cheryl
units

COMM 177I: Investigative Watchdog Reporting (COMM 277I)

4-5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

Graduate students register for COMM 277I. COMM 177I is offered for 5 units, COMM 277I is offered for 4 units.) Learn how to apply an investigative and data mindset to journalism, from understanding how to background an individual or entity using online databases to compiling or combining disparate sets of information in ways that unveil wrongdoing or mismanagement. Focuses on mining texts, tracking associations, and using visualizations. Stories produced apply investigative techniques to beat reporting, breaking news, and long form journalism. Instructor permission required for freshmen and sophomores. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)

Offered in Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Spring 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM — Phillips, Cheryl (Undergrad)

More COMM courses

  • COMM 176: Advanced Digital Journalism Production (COMM 276)
  • COMM 177A: News Frontiers (COMM 277A)
  • COMM 177B: Big Local Journalism: a project-based class (COMM 277B)
  • COMM 177C: Science and Environmental Journalism (COMM 277C, EARTHSYS 177C, EARTHSYS 277C)
  • COMM 177D: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Narrative Journalism (COMM 277D)
  • COMM 177G: Multimedia Environmental Communication (COMM 277G, EARTHSYS 192, EARTHSYS 292)
  • COMM 177M: Environmental Storytelling (COMM 277M, EARTHSYS 177M, EARTHSYS 277M)
  • COMM 177SW: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Sports Journalism (COMM 277S)
  • COMM 177T: Building News Applications (COMM 277T)
  • COMM 177Y: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Foreign Correspondence (COMM 277Y)
  • COMM 178A: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Journalism (COMM 278A)
  • COMM 180: Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (CS 182, ETHICSOC 182, PHIL 82, POLISCI 182, PUBLPOL 182)

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