Bob Woodward Teaches Investigative Journalism

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Learn investigative journalism from legendary journalist Bob Woodward in this free MasterClass course. Woodward, who helped expose the corruption of the Nixon presidency, teaches you how to investigate a story, interview sources, and understand how the news is written. This course is perfect for aspiring journalists, students, and anyone who wants to learn the techniques of investigative reporting.

This course is completely free and available on Theetay, along with hundreds of other free online courses from platforms like Udemy, Udacity, Coursera, MasterClass, NearPeer, and more. Start learning today!

Course Content

Bob Woodward Teaches Investigative Journalism

  • A Message from the Professor
  • Introduction
    06:19
  • Guiding Principles
    10:21
  • Finding the Story
    09:45
  • Students Dig Into Woodward’s Interview with Trump
    19:05
  • How to Approach In-Depth Reporting
    09:19
  • The Reporting Challenge of Watergate
    17:23
  • Hunting Down the Documents
    11:13
  • Finding Sources
    08:30
  • Developing Sources
    09:19
  • How Watergate’s Mark Felt Became Deep Throat
    14:59
  • Building Trust with Sources
    09:49
  • Growing Your Roster of Sources
    35:18
  • Students Critique Woodward’s Interview with Obama
    18:30
  • Preparing for the Interview
    12:26
  • Conducting the interview
    11:38
  • Navigating Interview Challenges
    08:40
  • Lessons from Editors
    10:47
  • Developing the Theory of the Case
    13:18
  • Writing the Story
    08:57
  • Polishing the Story
    07:16
  • Publishing Secrets
    16:07
  • Learning from Mistakes
    11:37
  • The State of Journalism
    06:57

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