WRIT 1968

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WRIT 1968
FWS: Public Writing

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

We now live in a 24-hour news cycle that bombards college students with news every day--in multiple forms such as news apps, social media, and online news sources. Who has time to read all these articles and which news can we trust? How do we ever find news that isn't biased? This first-year seminar offers students an opportunity to read the news on topics they wish to read about and learn more about how to find reputable articles and discern when they aren't. As we analyze how journalists write to big, broad audiences, students will write to different members of the public about contemporary controversies in the news-in the form of investigative essays, blog posts, and short news digests.


Writing and Languages (FWS)

Distribution Requirements (WRT-AG)

Last 3 terms offered 2022SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20636 WRIT 1968   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • King-O'Brien, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.