2024 Fall
JOURN 264A 010 - LAB 010
Open Source Investigations I
David T Barstow, Alexa Koenig
Aug 28, 2024 - Dec 13, 2024
12:00 am
Class #:33734
Units: 3
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Graduate School of Journalism
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
-10
Enrolled: 11
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 1
Waitlist Max: 0
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
2 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week, 5 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.
Other classes by David T Barstow
Other classes by Alexa Koenig
Course Catalog Description
In this foundational investigations course, students will use legal, reporting and digital research methods to investigate a series of human rights issues for real-world partners. The outputs will be journalistic, including a series of audio, written and/or visual stories. Students will learn the following skills: beginning and intermediary digital research and investigation methods; verification techniques for digital materials; introductory geospatial and network analysis; traditional investigative methods; relevant ethical considerations; holistic security; cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration; the collection and analysis of large datasets; how to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams; and relevant legal frameworks.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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