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Searching for the right angle – students in this course shoot pool to learn about journalism

  • Written by Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Lecturer in Journalism, University of Maryland
imageA journalism course invites students to consider the parallels between gathering news and shooting pool.Maskot / Getty Imagesimage

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

“News Writing and Reporting II: Multimedia”

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