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Syllabus
Date Topic
Aug-29-00 Introduction to the Course
Aug-31-00 Political Journalism: A History
Sep-05-00 2000 Campaign
Sep-07-00 Evaluating Candidates
Sep-12-00 Voting                                                                    District of Columbia Primaries
Sep-14-00 Evaluating Candidates (cont'd)
Sep-19-00 Political Writing                                                                                   Story One
Sep-21-00 Campaign Finance
Sep-26-00 Campaign Finance
Sep-28-00 Campaign Finance (cont'd)
Oct-03-00 Television
Oct-05-00 Covering Debates
Oct-10-00 Television Ads
Oct-12-00 Role of Issues                                                                                  Story Two
Oct-17-00 Issues (cont'd)
Oct-19-00 Polls:  History and Uses
Oct-24-00 Polling: Uses and Abuses
Oct-26-00 Analyzing and Writing Poll Results                                                   Story Three
Oct-31-00 Poll Exercise                                                                                     Story Four
Nov-02-00 Counting Votes
Nov-07-00 Election Exercise                                                                           Election Day
Nov-09-00 Post Election Analysis
Nov-14-00 Boys on the Bus
Nov-16-00 Political Journalism Critique                                                                   Story Five
Nov-28-00 Civic Journalism
Nov-30-00 Civic Journalism (cont'd)
Dec-05-00 Cyberpolitics
Dec-07-00 Final Exam Review
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