JOUR389Y

Students learn the essential of cybersecurity as a journalistic beat. This course will balance an exp loration of key issues in the field with practical guidance on how journ alists approach the subject. Topics include: balancing security and civi l liberties; the different roles and responsibilities of government and business; how to find sources in a very secretive field; ethics of cover age and the role of advocacy journalism; and more. Assignments will incl ude reporting a story in text or audio.