This course builds on the professional techniques learned in earlier classes by introducing students to specialized areas of news coverage, known as beat reporting. Classes focus on the following beats: politics, business & finance, education, health, social welfare, the environment and sports or other beats relevant to Hong Kong. Students will apply their newswriting and reporting skills to covering these beats and will, through research and experience, build up the background knowledge needed to support this kind of reporting. Students are also introduced to follow-up news reporting and more complex forms of journalism, including opinion writing, and are introduced to global news through the exercise of localizing an international news story. The course is taught in English and is designed to prepare students for their internships.