The course will give students the opportunity to plan and execute a strong, publishable work of narrative journalism. This course centres on long-form in-depth journalism, but with an eye on how to develop a book project.

Students will read and discuss a variety of provocative pieces of literary journalism from the past few decades, while also researching and writing a 5000-word article of their own.

Students study the art of narrative journalism: the controlled delivery and interplay of character, scene, plot, perspective, dialogue and description; examining the craft’s practicalities, including selecting topics and locations, staying on target, keeping notes and records, using photography, targeting publications or publishers, and writing magazine pitches and book proposals.

Students who are enrolled in the 72 UOC plan must have successfully completed all their Cognate Courses (24 UOC) before being eligible to enrol in MDIA5010.