Journalism 24, Section 4
The Presidential Campaign Trail in Print (and Occasional Film) (LG)
Susan Rasky
Friday 10:00-12:00, 104 North Gate Hall, CCN: 48012The 2004 presidential primary campaign will be in high gear, a perfect time for political junkies and just plain spectators to check in on the candidates and the key primaries in the race for the White House. We will read a selection of great campaign writing and reporting from presidential seasons past-drawn from Making of the President, Selling of the President, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Miami and the Siege of Chicago, What It Takes, and Primary Colors as well as various newspaper and magazine articles and the occasional film. All the while, we will be sampling the current crop of political writers and candidates to see how they measure up against those who came before and each other. This seminar will meet the first eight weeks of the semester.
Susan Rasky is a Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Journalism where she teaches political reporting and opinion. Prior to joining the Journalism School faculty in 1991, Professor Rasky was the chief congressional reporter for The New York Times. She began her career in Washington covering tax and economic policy for the Bureau of National Affairs Inc. and later Congress and the White House for Reuters. A native of Los Angeles, Rasky received her B.A. in history from UC Berkeley and her M.Sc. in economic history from the London School of Economics. She is a contributing editor to the California Journal and Sacramento Bee, and a frequent political commentator for public radio and television news programs.
