Newmark J-School workshops

I enjoyed the introductory videos. It helped me connect with the tutor

Loved getting this insight into another reporter's trajectory and experiences.

This was a very helpful and informative course, and easy to navigate through each section. Very enjoyable!

I loved the database concept he discussed. Eventually, random bits connect

This was an excellent, interesting and informative course. I enjoyed each section and found myself eager to tune back in after every section completed. The format made it easy to tune in when I was available. Great platform, and I hope to see more of these courses. Thanks, I learned a lot!

I’m new to journalism and coming from an arts background. For me, the most inspiring takeaway was seeing how Fahrenthold relies on his creative roots in comedy to ask, What if? Instead of dismissing absurdist possibilities, Fahrenthold–like the late, great Mark Lombardi–embraces and maps surreal connections in the Trump administration to source and deliver surprising information with immediate impact. Fahrenthold’s guidance is practical (cultivate a beat with a daily gleaning routine), personal (learn to tolerate awkwardness), and Promethean (create using what's readily available); I felt the urgent and exhilarating call-to-action that I’ve only experienced in person with a few gifted speakers. His hard-won and complex knowledge is accessible and illustrated with links to his stories and fascinating hand-written notes. For an aspiring journalist, he models a way of seeing and of being in the world that's hard to find in books, newsletters, or MOOC's. Thank you, Newmark J-School for this wonderful resource.

You learn a lot of things that you don't learn in more theoretical courses from academia. Working the angles, covering the more 'boring' sectors and coming up with interesting stories out of these areas.

The collective intelligence as source in reporting...amazing!

I'm a high school journalism teacher (and former journalist, 35 years ago), and I love this. I am going to try showing it to my students to see how it flies with them...we'll see! The short, bite-size chunks should make it nice to use with them, though. I am not giving it 5 stars because the visuals are pretty simple. I did like the part where it showed some of his notes from his Trump donations story, for example. More relevant, interesting visuals would be great.

I believe this course was extremely thorough in execution and informative for those wishing to pursue investigative journalism; however, I believe several improvements can be made to make each lesson/segment more cohesive and captivate the viewer's attention.

The reason, impacts and the extent of stories that is not always on the surface of stories. A journalist has to dig it out and deconstruct it for the audience. Breaking down complexities and illuminating culprits hiding in dark corners. Amplifying the voices of the marginalised too.

Very interesting. Good to share with my students.