SPRING 2014 Schedule
JOURN 300/CAREY/ FALL 2014
Tuesday/Thursday 4 – 6 p.m.
Integrative Learning
Center S413
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 two or more students will bring in
an article to discuss and post an "AP Style tip" to the blog.
SEPT 2 Introduction - discuss leads, effective
interviewing, AP Style and (briefly) the nutgraph. Email to me at maryelizacarey@gmail.com TONIGHT 500
words about the first day of class. Should have a good lead and at least one
direct quotation.
FOR NEXT CLASS: To
hand in next class, a WRITTEN list of three potential speeches/presentations we
can visit on campus, ASAP in the next couple of weeks preferably during class
time. (We will be writing the 650-word SPEECH paper about whichever speech we
attend.) In the written list that you bring into class on Thursday,
include 1) who is giving the speech and 2) the topic, where/when it
is being held, a brief couple of sentences of background information about
the speaker and, if possible, the topic. We’ll pick one of the
speeches you’ve identified to attend. (One option could be Laverne Cox, transgender rights activist and
Emmy-nominated actress from the Netflix series Orange is the New Black,
who will kick-off the Common Read Program.)
READ: Chapter 5 on
Leads and Chapter 15 on Interviewing Principles
SEPT 4 - Review leads, Chapters 5 and 15 and
the class blog; discuss where and
when we can go to a speech
SEPT 9 In groups of 3-4, one student will interview
another on a subject of his/her choice while a third student videotapes it
using a phone or camera. Keep it around 3 minutes or under. We’ll upload them
to the class blog and analyze them.
SEPT 11 Analyze interviewing videos, Bring in 400-500 written piece with photo based on your interview of a classmate. (5
percent of final grade) ATTEND TALK BY LAVERNE COX
NEXT: READ: Chapter 16
on speeches.
SEPT 16 SPEECH PAPER ON LAVERNE COX DUE. We will attend a talk by an outdoor journalist and alumnus Kevin Riley. Take detailed notes,
interview 2-3 audience members about the talk and write a 600 word speech/event
story, due Thursday.
SEPT 18 FIRST ASSIGNMENT DUE (600
words event story on Tuesday’s speakers, worth 5 percent of final grade) In-class
work on blogs; NEXT: Write a brief profile pitch to present next class.
SEPT 23 Present profile pitch; if time, work on
blogs. NEXT, READ: Chaps. 2 and 3.
WRITE: 500 word
“pre-first draft” profile with lead, nutgraph and quote(s).
SEPT 25: Turn in pre-first drafts. Peer edit.
NEXT, READ: Chap. 7 on the Writer's Art.
SEPT 30 Depending on which speech we attend,
650-750 word speech story may be due (10 percent of total grade)
OCT 2 In-class, deadline writing assignment
#6: In pairs, interview 4 people on campus on subject TBA; write 500 word story
on-deadline with quotes from each of your sources. (5 percent of total grade)
READ: Chap. 8 on
Features.
OCT 7 FIRST DRAFT PROFILE DUE (INCLUDE WORD
COUNT) Discuss feature stories.
PEER EDIT first draft
profiles.
READ: Chapter 18 on
Accidents and Disasters and Chapter 19 on Obituaries. Write Feature Pitch for
next class.
OCT 9 FEATURE PITCH; if time, work on
blogs.
OCT 14 NO CLASS/UMASS follows MONDAY SCHEDULE
READ: Chapter 21 on Courts.
OCT 16 Discuss chapters on accident, obituaries
and courts. In-class deadline assignment/obituary writing exercise (5 percent
of total grade)
OCT 21
FINAL DRAFT PROFILE DUE (1,000 words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT, 10 percent of total
grade) In-class work on feature drafts. Discuss Issue paper & interviews
with 2-3 "experts." Review for MIDTERM QUIZ. Next: READ: read Chaps.
11 on layered reporting. and 14 on sources.
OCT 23 ***MID-TERM QUIZ *** If time, work on
blogs; do advance work on your features as a pre-first draft is due next class
(5 percent of total grade)
OCT 28 PRE- FIRST DRAFT FEATURE (500
words, INCLUDE WORD COUNT) DUE. PEER EDIT.
OCT 30 FIRST DRAFT FEATURE DUE (1,000)
words. In-class work on features, issue, experts.
NOV 4 Issue pitch.
WRITE: 500-word Issue
PRE-First Draft to peer edit next class.
NOV 6 In-class work on Issue papers.
Peer edit Issue pre-first drafts. Final FEATURE DUE (1,000 words, include word
count, worth 15 percent of total grade)
READ: Chap 20 on
police and Chapters 24 on Government and 25 on Reporters and the Law.
Review Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. Discuss progress on Feature and Issue
papers.
NOV 11 NO CLASS/VETERANS DAY
NOV 13 FIRST DRAFT ISSUE
(1,000 words with 4 voices, 2 of whom are "experts") due. READ:
Chaps. 26 on Taste in Journalism and 27 on Morality.
NOV 18 Discuss Chapters 26 & 27; in-class
work on issue paper, blogs
NOV 20 In-class work on Issue paper.
Review for FINAL QUIZ.
NOV 25 FINAL ISSUE PAPER DUE. (1,000 words;
include word count, 15 percent of total grade)/END OF SEMESTER QUIZ
Discuss summary/analysis writing.
NOV 27 NO CLASS/
THANKSGIVING
DEC 2 – In-class deadline assignment 16: Watch
film and write SUMMARY/ANALYSIS with quote(s) from someone in class (10 percent
of final grade) on deadline, due at end of class.
DEC 4 - LAST DAY OF CLASS/RECAP Final
blog presentations
How the final grade is calculated:
Sept. 16 talk paper – 5 percent
Articles/AP tips – 5 percent
Blog – 5 percent
Interviews with your
classmate (video and written) 5 percent
Speech paper – 10 percent
Oct. 2 deadline
assignment – 5 percent
Oct. 16 obituary
assignment – 5 percent
Profile – 10 percent
Midterm – 5 percent
Feature – 15 percent
Issue – 15 percent
Film Analysis – 10 percent
Final – 5 percent
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