ENG 438—Community Reporting

Community Reporting is a course designed to connect student writers to the local Buffalo news landscape, providing students a platform for writing and publication that supports the needs of local news outlets. In this immersive course you will investigate and report on events happening in the greater Buffalo area while working with local news editors and your instructor to identify stories and hone your reporting skills. Your writing will report on significant events in the Buffalo area that may be overlooked or underreported. Stories that are thoughtfully crafted and meticulously edited have the potential for publication in local news outlets. This course provides writers the opportunity to amplify the diverse voices and stories of the Buffalo area. In addition to writing experience, this course provides students the opportunity to investigate journalism as a career. To support this course goal, students will research a specific field in journalism and interview one local journalist.