UPDATED schedule - SPRING 2012

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