Dialogue about our culture is essential to furthering our understanding of ourselves and our society. Against the rich cultural backdrop of Washington and informed by Georgetown University’s deep liberal arts tradition, journalism students examine the media’s role in our ongoing public cultural conversation. The history and trends of criticism and cultural reporting are studied, as well as the works of contemporary arbiters from Updike and Sontag to Crouch and Gitlin. Journalism s tudents learn to write criticism that is both accessible and intellectually rigorous as they examine the intersection of art and politics, multiculturalism, and modernism.
