Why Study Journalism?
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Summer 2025
I’m not teaching this summer, but I’m online and working, so please feel free to email me if you have questions. I’m wmckeen@bu.edu.
This fall, I will teach JO 150 History and Principles of Journalism, JO 542 Literary Journalism and JO 700 Graduate Symposium in Journalism.
I won’t have my course outlines ready until August, but feel free to check the syllabus archive below to get a sense of what we do in each of those classes.
Syllabus Addendum
The link below takes you to Boston University’s policies with regard to Title IX, sexual misconduct, equal opportunity, disability and access services, student athletics, recording of classes and the university’s code of conduct.
This should be considered part of the syllabus for every course I teach.
Bibliographies
The bibliographies below serve these courses: JO 150 History and Principles of Journalism, JO 502 Writing About Popular Music, JO 542 Literary Journalism, JO 700 Graduate Symposium in Journalism and HI 280 The History of Rock’n’Roll.
Click on the links for a listing of key works in each area.
Syllabus Archive
Here are old course outlines for the classes I teach, just to give you an idea of what we will do if you see one of these listed in an upcoming semester. These will always be altered, but these old outlines give you a general idea of what’s going on.