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The Carnegie Legal Reporting Program at Newhouse helps...
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS who want to deepen their studies in journalism, public relations or the liberal arts:
- Future reporters, producers or P.R. professionals seeking to explain the courts, legal cases, and the law.
- Prelaw students or students enrolled in SU's Legal Studies minor who want to understand the impact of news media coverage on law and justice.
- Others whose studies require a better understanding of how journalists cover legal affairs, and of the major legal controversies today.
ANY STUDENT RESEARCHER OR REPORTER, undergraduate or graduate, whose work involves legal issues.
In its third year: 2008-09
The Carnegie Legal Reporting Program at Newhouse is made possible by a grant awarded in spring 2006 by the Carnegie Journalism Initiative. This Carnegie Corporation of New York program is devoted to teaching future journalists more about the world they’ll report on. The academic year starting in August 2008 is the program's third year.
What the program offers
NEW COURSE
Law, Politics and Media (NEW 500, three credit hours), began in the Spring 2008 semester as a once-a-week two-credit course, and will return in spring 2009 as a twice-a-week three-credit course. Faculty from the College of Law and Maxwell and Newhouse schools explore the intersection of journalism, politics and the law with a series of discussions and guest lectures. These event archives for 2008 show the journalists, judges, and other experts who appeared in the first semester of the course, which is designated LAW 839 at the College of Law. A portion of each lecture is open to the campus community.
Learn more about how students enrolled in S.U.'s Legal Studies minor can use this course to give their studies a stronger journalism focus.
LEGAL REPORTING SEGMENTS IN NEW 305, 405
The Legal Reporting Program produces segments within existing NEW 305 and 405 reporting classes on finding stories on any S.U. news beat using legal-reporting methods, and on covering the law and courts.
PUBLIC LECTURES
Public lectures and other special events, bringing top legal journalists to Syracuse University. See the list of upcoming and past events featuring top legal journalists.
Visit S.U.’s Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media, our frequent collaborator in bringing these issues and experts to campus.
REPORTING AND RESEARCH RESOURCES
LawBeat, a blog on the day’s best and worst in legal journalism... other legal blogs, plus news and research sites for student and professional reporters and researchers... a growing bibliography of legal journalism classics.
ACADEMIC AND CAREER ADVICE
Receive academic and career advice from the Legal Reporting Program faculty, for students interested in learning more about legal journalism and the services for students minoring in Legal Studies.
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