Hi all,

I wanted to email you today to introduce myself and tell you I’m looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday, Sept. 2, which will be the first time we meet in person.

I don’t have a specific assignment for you yet, but it would be helpful if you took some time before Wednesday to closely follow the news — either by reading a few news websites, watching a TV news show or even picking up a newspaper or news magazine.

In this course, The Individual and the News in the Information Age, we will study and discuss the role of journalism and journalists in our technology-driven society. In order to do this effectively, you will all need to keep up with the news of the day, and what better time to start than now.

I will be adding all of you to our class blog, so look out for an email from Blogs@Baruch in which you will have to click a link to confirm your place. Once on the blog, you will find the syllabus.

See you all on Wednesday, 4:10pm in Room 7-160.

Best,

Prof. Haller