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COMM 277I

Investigative Watchdog Reporting (COMM 177I)

UNITS:4-5
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
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: 7041
0 / 15 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:9:30 AM – 10:50 AM
LOCATION:TBD
INSTRUCTOR:
Phillips, Cheryl
units

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

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 (Graduate)

More COMM courses

  • COMM 276: Advanced Digital Journalism Production (COMM 176)
  • COMM 277A: News Frontiers (COMM 177A)
  • COMM 277B: Big Local Journalism: a project-based class (COMM 177B)
  • COMM 277C: Science and Environmental Journalism (COMM 177C, EARTHSYS 177C, EARTHSYS 277C)
  • COMM 277D: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Narrative Journalism (COMM 177D)
  • COMM 277G: Multimedia Environmental Communication (COMM 177G, EARTHSYS 192, EARTHSYS 292)
  • COMM 277M: Environmental Storytelling (COMM 177M, EARTHSYS 177M, EARTHSYS 277M)
  • COMM 277S: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Sports Journalism (COMM 177SW)
  • COMM 277T: Building News Applications (COMM 177T)
  • COMM 277Y: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Foreign Correspondence (COMM 177Y)
  • COMM 278A: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Journalism (COMM 178A)
  • COMM 278N: Navigating the News (COMM 178N)

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