JOURN 300/CAREY/ FALL 2012--M/W 3:35-5:30 p.m.-Dubois 767
This is a tentative schedule of topics subject to revision to accommodate the news, campus goings-on that we’ll attend and classroom visitors. Check the blog (Journ300.blogspot.com) for updates and changes. Note: Each day 3-4 people will bring in an article to discuss and post an "AP Style tip" to the blog.
SEPT 5 Introduction, In-class writing assignment. NEXT: read Chap. 5; write 300-word summary for next class. Bring three or more ideas of speeches/events to attend, ideally during class time, at UMass or nearby in the coming days.
SEPT 10 Discuss Chap. 5 and speech options, in-class exercise on leads. NEXT: Read Chap. 16 on speeches, write 200-word summary for next class.
SEPT 12 Discuss chapter on speeches, how to write a speech story. In-class work on blog. NEXT: Read Read Chap 15 on Interviewing Principles to discuss. Write 6 "bullet points" based on information in chapter.
REVISED:
Monday, Sept. 17 (today) -- 1) Write a mini-profile (300-400 words or so) about someone in the class. See instructions below.
2) Start a blog with one person or two people in the class. (Instructions on right-hand side of this blog.) Send me the address of your blog.
Wednesday, Sept. 19 -- NO CLASS. Meet me at 6 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium for pizza and the conference "It's Your Call." Write 500 words about it -- remember, it should have a great lead and several quotes from people who attend it, in addition to the basic who, what, where, why, when and how many people were there.
NEXT: read chapters 2 and 3 and a four-sentence profile "pitch," in which you explain who you plan to write your 1,000-word profile about and briefly what makes this person a good subject of a profile.
Monday, Sept. 24 -- Pitch your profile to the class. Discuss chapters 2 and 3.
NEXT: For Wednesday, bring in a "pre-first draft" of your profile, consisting of a potential lead, nutgraph and some quotes from your subject.
Wednesday, Sept. 26 -- Peer edit the profile pre-first drafts.
NEXT: Read Chap. 7 on the Writer's Art. Write 100-200 words SHOWING (vs. telling) something (would be good if it is for your profile) and post it on the class blog.
Monday, Oct. 1 FIRST DRAFT PROFILE DUE (INCLUDE WORD COUNT) Peer edit. Discuss feature stories, Chapter 7 and SHOW (vs. tell) examples. Discuss Maria Sacchetti stories; generate questions for her. Feature pitch postponed till OCT 10.
Wednesday, Oct. 3 -- Class visitor Maria Sacchetti, a UMass alumna and immigration reporter for the Boston Globe. Take notes and write 500 words about her visit. Due Wednesday, Oct. 10.
NEXT: Read Chapter 18 on Accidents and Disasters and Chapter 19 on Obituaries.
Monday, Oct. 8-- No class
Wednesday, Oct. 10 -- Five hundred words on Maria Sacchetti visit due. Feature pitch, Discuss accidents/disasters and obituaries chapters. NEXT: Read Chapter 21 on Courts. Bring in written 250 words pre-first draft feature with potential lead, nutgraph and direct quotes.
Back to original schedule:
OCT 15 Peer edit pre-first draft Feature drafts. (lead, nutgraph and direcct quotes.)
OCT 17 FINAL DRAFT PROFILE DUE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) In-class work on feature and blog, discuss Chap. 21 on Courts.
OCT 22 In-class work on feature drafts Discuss Issue paper requirements, including interviews with 2-3 "experts." NEXT: read Chaps. 11 on layered reporting. and 14 on sources.
OCT 24 MID-TERM QUIZ (on terms, concepts and AP tips discussed in class as well as Chapters 2,3, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21) Discuss Chap. 11 and 14 and covering elections
OCT 29 FIRST DRAFT FEATURE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE. PEER EDIT Discuss issue paper ideas and strategy. Next: Issue pitch.
OCT 31 Discuss issue ideas, experts. In-class work on blogs. NEXT: Issue pitch
NOV 5 Issue pitch. (Interview voters at polls on Election Day. Write 600 words.)
NOV 7 In-class work on Issue papers. Discuss Election Day interviews. NEXT: read Chap 20 on police FEATURE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE.
NOV 12 NO CLASS -Veterans Day
NOV 14 FIRST DRAFT ISSUE (with 4 voices, 2 of whom are "experts") due PEER EDIT Discuss Police chapter. In-class work on issue, blog. Next: read Chaps. 26 on Taste in Journalism and 27 on Morality.
NOV 19 Discuss Chapters 26 & 27
NOV 21 NO CLASS- Thanksgiving is NOV 22
NOV 26 END OF SEMESTER QUIZ In-class work on Issue paper. Discuss Chapters 24 and 25,
NOV 28 NEXT: Discuss Chaps. 24 and 25 on Government and Reporters and the Law; review writing. ISSUE (1,000 words INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE Discuss Open Meeting, definitions of slander etc.;
DEC 3 - Watch film and write REVIEW (10 percent of final grade) on deadline, due at end of class.
DEC 5 LAST DAY OF CLASS/RECAP
This is a tentative schedule of topics subject to revision to accommodate the news, campus goings-on that we’ll attend and classroom visitors. Check the blog (Journ300.blogspot.com) for updates and changes. Note: Each day 3-4 people will bring in an article to discuss and post an "AP Style tip" to the blog.
SEPT 5 Introduction, In-class writing assignment. NEXT: read Chap. 5; write 300-word summary for next class. Bring three or more ideas of speeches/events to attend, ideally during class time, at UMass or nearby in the coming days.
SEPT 10 Discuss Chap. 5 and speech options, in-class exercise on leads. NEXT: Read Chap. 16 on speeches, write 200-word summary for next class.
SEPT 12 Discuss chapter on speeches, how to write a speech story. In-class work on blog. NEXT: Read Read Chap 15 on Interviewing Principles to discuss. Write 6 "bullet points" based on information in chapter.
REVISED:
Monday, Sept. 17 (today) -- 1) Write a mini-profile (300-400 words or so) about someone in the class. See instructions below.
2) Start a blog with one person or two people in the class. (Instructions on right-hand side of this blog.) Send me the address of your blog.
Wednesday, Sept. 19 -- NO CLASS. Meet me at 6 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium for pizza and the conference "It's Your Call." Write 500 words about it -- remember, it should have a great lead and several quotes from people who attend it, in addition to the basic who, what, where, why, when and how many people were there.
NEXT: read chapters 2 and 3 and a four-sentence profile "pitch," in which you explain who you plan to write your 1,000-word profile about and briefly what makes this person a good subject of a profile.
Monday, Sept. 24 -- Pitch your profile to the class. Discuss chapters 2 and 3.
NEXT: For Wednesday, bring in a "pre-first draft" of your profile, consisting of a potential lead, nutgraph and some quotes from your subject.
Wednesday, Sept. 26 -- Peer edit the profile pre-first drafts.
NEXT: Read Chap. 7 on the Writer's Art. Write 100-200 words SHOWING (vs. telling) something (would be good if it is for your profile) and post it on the class blog.
Monday, Oct. 1 FIRST DRAFT PROFILE DUE (INCLUDE WORD COUNT) Peer edit. Discuss feature stories, Chapter 7 and SHOW (vs. tell) examples. Discuss Maria Sacchetti stories; generate questions for her. Feature pitch postponed till OCT 10.
Wednesday, Oct. 3 -- Class visitor Maria Sacchetti, a UMass alumna and immigration reporter for the Boston Globe. Take notes and write 500 words about her visit. Due Wednesday, Oct. 10.
NEXT: Read Chapter 18 on Accidents and Disasters and Chapter 19 on Obituaries.
Monday, Oct. 8-- No class
Wednesday, Oct. 10 -- Five hundred words on Maria Sacchetti visit due. Feature pitch, Discuss accidents/disasters and obituaries chapters. NEXT: Read Chapter 21 on Courts. Bring in written 250 words pre-first draft feature with potential lead, nutgraph and direct quotes.
Back to original schedule:
OCT 15 Peer edit pre-first draft Feature drafts. (lead, nutgraph and direcct quotes.)
OCT 17 FINAL DRAFT PROFILE DUE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) In-class work on feature and blog, discuss Chap. 21 on Courts.
OCT 22 In-class work on feature drafts Discuss Issue paper requirements, including interviews with 2-3 "experts." NEXT: read Chaps. 11 on layered reporting. and 14 on sources.
OCT 24 MID-TERM QUIZ (on terms, concepts and AP tips discussed in class as well as Chapters 2,3, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21) Discuss Chap. 11 and 14 and covering elections
OCT 29 FIRST DRAFT FEATURE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE. PEER EDIT Discuss issue paper ideas and strategy. Next: Issue pitch.
OCT 31 Discuss issue ideas, experts. In-class work on blogs. NEXT: Issue pitch
NOV 5 Issue pitch. (Interview voters at polls on Election Day. Write 600 words.)
NOV 7 In-class work on Issue papers. Discuss Election Day interviews. NEXT: read Chap 20 on police FEATURE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE.
NOV 12 NO CLASS -Veterans Day
NOV 14 FIRST DRAFT ISSUE (with 4 voices, 2 of whom are "experts") due PEER EDIT Discuss Police chapter. In-class work on issue, blog. Next: read Chaps. 26 on Taste in Journalism and 27 on Morality.
NOV 19 Discuss Chapters 26 & 27
NOV 21 NO CLASS- Thanksgiving is NOV 22
NOV 26 END OF SEMESTER QUIZ In-class work on Issue paper. Discuss Chapters 24 and 25,
NOV 28 NEXT: Discuss Chaps. 24 and 25 on Government and Reporters and the Law; review writing. ISSUE (1,000 words INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE Discuss Open Meeting, definitions of slander etc.;
DEC 3 - Watch film and write REVIEW (10 percent of final grade) on deadline, due at end of class.
DEC 5 LAST DAY OF CLASS/RECAP
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