Journalism is a public service. That’s why our industry is in the Constitution … well, the Bill of Rights, as part of the First Amendment. Everything we do this term will keep that concept—the public—front and center.

This is a class about language and why it matters. About readers and why they matter. About learning to work as a team to make news coverage more readable, more accurate, more accessible to the public, more useful to our democracy.

Journalism is essential for a healthy democracy. We’re going to focus on how to make journalism more diverse, more inclusive and — therefore — more accurate. And being a journalist means you need to be a continuous learner, so this class will give you strategies for doing that.