FEB 27 FEATURE PITCH.
ATTEND LECTURE --
DUE WED/FEb 29 : 1) EVERYBODY WRITE 350 words about the lecture in the format of a speech paper and post it on your joint blogs.
2) Turn in completed worksheet
3) Have read Chapter 21 on Courts
WED/Feb 29 -- Short class. Discuss lecture and worksheet; work on joint blogs
MAR 5 FINAL DRAFT PROFILE DUE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT)
Visitor to class
Review for QUIZ
DUE WED/MAR 7 : Have read Chaps 11 on layerd reporting and 14 on sources and completed worksheet
Have written 350 words on class visitor (Write it like a short article -- with a good lead!)
MAR 7 MID-TERM QUIZ
Discuss Chap. 11 and 14.
Turn in pieces about class visitor
MAR 12 FIRST DRAFT FEATURE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE.
Class to attend lecture by author Joe McGinnis
DUE WED/MARCH 14: 350 words about Joe McGinnis talk
MAR 14 Mid-semester blog presentations
Discuss issue ideas, experts. In-class work on blogs. NEXT: Issue pitch
*************************************NO CLASS week of MARCH 19 – SPRING BREAK ************************************
MAR 26 Issue pitch.
MAR 28 In-class work on Issue papers. NEXT: read Chap 20 on police.
APRIL 2 Discuss Police chapter. In-class work on issue, blog. Next: read Chaps. 26 on Taste in Journalism and 27 on Morality.
APRIL 4 FEATURE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE. Discuss Chapters 26 and 27
APRIL 9 . In-class work on Issue paper.
APRIL 11 FIRST DRAFT ISSUE (with four voices, two of whom are "experts") due. PEER EDIT NEXT: Read Chaps. 24 and 25 on Government and Reporters and the Law.
APRIL 16 – NO CLASS
APRIL 18 ISSUE (1,000 words INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE Discuss Open Meeting, definitions of slander etc.;
APRIL 23 Discuss Chapters 24 and 25, review writing. END OF SEMESTER QUIZ
APRIL 25 Watch film and write REVIEW (10 percent of final grade) on deadline, due at end of class.
MAY 1 LAST DAY OF CLASS/RECAP
Monday, February 27, 2012
Articles and AP Tip Schedule - Spring 2012
FEB 27 --
FEB 29 -- Karissa
MARCH 5 -- (reporter visits)
MARCH 7 -- Ryan
MARCH 12 -- (attend lecture)
MARCH 14 - - Justin
SPRING BREAK
MARCH 26 -- Lizzy
MARCH 28 -- Anjulei
APRIL 2 -- Liza
APRIL 4 -- Samantha
APRIL 9 -- Rachel
APRIL 11 -- Jess
APRIL 16 -- NO CLASS
APRIL 18 - Chris, Steve
APRIL 23 -- Anjulei
APRIL 25 -- Robby
FEB 29 -- Karissa
MARCH 5 -- (reporter visits)
MARCH 7 -- Ryan
MARCH 12 -- (attend lecture)
MARCH 14 - - Justin
SPRING BREAK
MARCH 26 -- Lizzy
MARCH 28 -- Anjulei
APRIL 2 -- Liza
APRIL 4 -- Samantha
APRIL 9 -- Rachel
APRIL 11 -- Jess
APRIL 16 -- NO CLASS
APRIL 18 - Chris, Steve
APRIL 23 -- Anjulei
APRIL 25 -- Robby
Monday, February 13, 2012
Speech paper tips/In-class blog assignment
Speech paper tips:
- Lead should do more than just say the event occurred; should be direct and reader friendly
- Double- and triple-check name spellings! It’s Rachael with an extra A!
- AP style is to NOT capitalize academic subjects and job titles unless the title comes RIGHT before the job holder’s name
- In general, write in past tense
- News stories do NOT have essay-style conclusions
- Keep your opinions/judgments out of the story. Don’t editorialize or make grand claims
In-class blog assignment: JOURN 300/Interviewing for information, meaningful content and quoteworthy quotes
Assignment: Interview a classmate about his or her home town. Get a basic feel for the city/town. For instance, how big approximately? Urban or rural? What is it known for? How do people there describe it? How is it described by outsiders?
Make it personal. Ask your subject to recall a moment he or she may recall when he/she reflected on the nature of the town. Did he or she always want to leave there? Does he/she want to go back?
Identify some QUOTEWORTHY quotes. Don’t just throw the quotes in. INTRODUCE them. Look for specific, concrete, colorful details. AVOID clichés. Think about every word. Think about the tone etc.
Spell check. Proofread. Post it on the class blog.
Example from a past class:
Moving from the Bronx to White Plains, NY at age 5, Shamique White was surprised at how small her new town was. (DOESN’T JUST SAY THE SUBJECT IS FROM WHATEVER CITY/TOWN BUT ESTABLISHES THE THEME OF THE PIECE, WHICH IS ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF MOVING FROM A BIG CITY TO A MORE SUBURBAN COMMUNITY/INTRODUCES THE FOLLOWING QUOTE.)
"I called it a ghost town," she said.(KEEP PARAGRAPHS SHORT FOR READABILITY AND IMPACT.
When she was young, White would spend her summer days playing at the park down the street from her home with other kids from her neighborhood when she was in White Plains. (CONCRETE IMAGE)
But on most weekends, sometimes for weeks at a time, White would go to the Bronx to go to church with her grandmother. (CONCRETE IMAGE)
"I went to school in White Plains, but I didn't hang out in White Plains," White says of her younger years. (MEANINGFUL QUOTE)
As she entered into middle school and then on to high school, White Plains began to grow more metropolitan. Lots of people moved from the city to her town and commuted to work in New York City, only a half hour south. Businesses also began to flourish in a downtown section that had a city-like feel. But the town still maintained some of its rural charm in certain neighborhoods. (GOOD DEMOGRAPHIC INFO PUTS THE SUBJECT’S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE INTO CONTEXT.)
The kids of White Plains joined into one public high school after being in five different elementary schools and two middle schools. White made close friends in high school, where the arts and basketball and track were popular activities for students.
Even though White went back and forth between the Bronx and White Plains at first, she still calls White Plains home. (NICE ENDING, BRINGS US BACK TO THE THEME. THE PIECE HAS A NARRATIVE “ARC.”)
- Lead should do more than just say the event occurred; should be direct and reader friendly
- Double- and triple-check name spellings! It’s Rachael with an extra A!
- AP style is to NOT capitalize academic subjects and job titles unless the title comes RIGHT before the job holder’s name
- In general, write in past tense
- News stories do NOT have essay-style conclusions
- Keep your opinions/judgments out of the story. Don’t editorialize or make grand claims
In-class blog assignment: JOURN 300/Interviewing for information, meaningful content and quoteworthy quotes
Assignment: Interview a classmate about his or her home town. Get a basic feel for the city/town. For instance, how big approximately? Urban or rural? What is it known for? How do people there describe it? How is it described by outsiders?
Make it personal. Ask your subject to recall a moment he or she may recall when he/she reflected on the nature of the town. Did he or she always want to leave there? Does he/she want to go back?
Identify some QUOTEWORTHY quotes. Don’t just throw the quotes in. INTRODUCE them. Look for specific, concrete, colorful details. AVOID clichés. Think about every word. Think about the tone etc.
Spell check. Proofread. Post it on the class blog.
Example from a past class:
Moving from the Bronx to White Plains, NY at age 5, Shamique White was surprised at how small her new town was. (DOESN’T JUST SAY THE SUBJECT IS FROM WHATEVER CITY/TOWN BUT ESTABLISHES THE THEME OF THE PIECE, WHICH IS ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF MOVING FROM A BIG CITY TO A MORE SUBURBAN COMMUNITY/INTRODUCES THE FOLLOWING QUOTE.)
"I called it a ghost town," she said.(KEEP PARAGRAPHS SHORT FOR READABILITY AND IMPACT.
When she was young, White would spend her summer days playing at the park down the street from her home with other kids from her neighborhood when she was in White Plains. (CONCRETE IMAGE)
But on most weekends, sometimes for weeks at a time, White would go to the Bronx to go to church with her grandmother. (CONCRETE IMAGE)
"I went to school in White Plains, but I didn't hang out in White Plains," White says of her younger years. (MEANINGFUL QUOTE)
As she entered into middle school and then on to high school, White Plains began to grow more metropolitan. Lots of people moved from the city to her town and commuted to work in New York City, only a half hour south. Businesses also began to flourish in a downtown section that had a city-like feel. But the town still maintained some of its rural charm in certain neighborhoods. (GOOD DEMOGRAPHIC INFO PUTS THE SUBJECT’S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE INTO CONTEXT.)
The kids of White Plains joined into one public high school after being in five different elementary schools and two middle schools. White made close friends in high school, where the arts and basketball and track were popular activities for students.
Even though White went back and forth between the Bronx and White Plains at first, she still calls White Plains home. (NICE ENDING, BRINGS US BACK TO THE THEME. THE PIECE HAS A NARRATIVE “ARC.”)
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Chapters 2 & 3 worksheet
CHAPTER 2: COMPONENTS OF THE STORY:
1) What's most important: A) accuracy B) getting both sides on the record C) a lively writing style?
2) Which is the better description and why: A) She was unusually tall. B) She was an inch over 6 feet tall.
3) Give of examples of A) a firsthand account B) secondhand account C) thirdhand account
4) Should the reporter make it clear in the story whether an account is firsthand, second or third? Is there a scenario in which you would not need to attribute information?
5) Explain A) on the record B) on background C) on deep background D) off the record
6) Which sentence would you pick to follow this one: The temperature reached an all-time high yesterday at noon. A) The air conditioning failed at UMass. B) The mercury hit 102 degrees, breaking the April 10, 1968 record of 98 degrees. C) Dogs howled and cats slunk under bushes looking for shade.
7) True or False: Objective journalism is the reporting of the visible and verifiable.
CHAPTER 3: WHAT IS NEWS?
1) Who said this in 1883: "Always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically indpendent, never be afriad to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty."
2) Describe a news story that fits each of the following criteria for what is news: A) Information about a break from the normal flow of events, an interruption in the expected, deviation from the norm B) INformation people can use to help them make sound decisions about their lives.
3) Give a example of a news story that exemplifies each the following criteria (for a total of 9 stories):
A) Timely
B) Impact
C)Prominence
D) Emotional proximity
E) Geographical proximity
F) Conflict
G) The Unusual
H) Currency
I) Necessity
4) What are some other factors that play into the selection of news published?
1) What's most important: A) accuracy B) getting both sides on the record C) a lively writing style?
2) Which is the better description and why: A) She was unusually tall. B) She was an inch over 6 feet tall.
3) Give of examples of A) a firsthand account B) secondhand account C) thirdhand account
4) Should the reporter make it clear in the story whether an account is firsthand, second or third? Is there a scenario in which you would not need to attribute information?
5) Explain A) on the record B) on background C) on deep background D) off the record
6) Which sentence would you pick to follow this one: The temperature reached an all-time high yesterday at noon. A) The air conditioning failed at UMass. B) The mercury hit 102 degrees, breaking the April 10, 1968 record of 98 degrees. C) Dogs howled and cats slunk under bushes looking for shade.
7) True or False: Objective journalism is the reporting of the visible and verifiable.
CHAPTER 3: WHAT IS NEWS?
1) Who said this in 1883: "Always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically indpendent, never be afriad to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty."
2) Describe a news story that fits each of the following criteria for what is news: A) Information about a break from the normal flow of events, an interruption in the expected, deviation from the norm B) INformation people can use to help them make sound decisions about their lives.
3) Give a example of a news story that exemplifies each the following criteria (for a total of 9 stories):
A) Timely
B) Impact
C)Prominence
D) Emotional proximity
E) Geographical proximity
F) Conflict
G) The Unusual
H) Currency
I) Necessity
4) What are some other factors that play into the selection of news published?
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