Updated class schedule

Updated class schedule, beginning with today's class (Notice the deadline to turn in the profile final draft has been moved up to OCT. 17):

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 (Get ready to do feature pitch on Wednesday)

Wednesday, Oct. 10 -- 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. Five hundred words on Maria Sacchetti visit due.

Back to original schedule:
OCT 15 Peer edit pre-first draft Feature drafts. (lead, nutgraph and direct quotes.)
OCT 17 In-class work on feature and blog, discuss Chap. 21 on CourtsFINAL DRAFT PROFILE DUE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) In-class work on feature drafts Discuss Issue paper requirements, including interviews with 2-3 "experts."

OCT 22  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