Tuesday, November 3, 2015

What's coming up

Our schedule for the remaining weeks of the semester (subject to revisions):


NOV 3  TOPIC: Massachusetts Open Meeting Law< moved up, so we can peer edit Thursday In-class work on features and blogs. Get ready to present your blogs to the class for critiques next Monday.
NOV 5 FIRST DRAFT FEATURE DUE (1,000) words. PEER EDIT Firm up issue story ideas. NEXT: Write issue pitch to present next class. Read and complete worksheets for Chap 20 on police, Chap 24 on Government and 25 on Reporters and the Law. Review Massachusetts Open Meeting Law.
NOV 10 Issue pitch. PRESENT BLOGS Discuss chapters. WRITE: 500-word Issue PRE-First Draft to peer edit next class.

NOV 12 Peer edit Issue pre-first drafts

Final FEATURE (1,000 words, 15 percent of total grade)***********DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL NOV. 17*************************

NOV 17 FIRST DRAFT ISSUE (1,000 words with 4 voices, 2 of whom are "experts") AND FINAL DRAFT FEATURE due. Discuss chapters NEXT: Read and complete worksheets on Chaps. 26 on Taste in Journalism and 27 on Morality.

NOV 19 - TOPIC: Ethical reporting Discuss Chapters 26 & 27; in-class work on issue paper, blogs
NOV 24 In-class work on Issue paper; continue chapters discussion.
NOV 26 - NO CLASS/Thanksgiving
DEC 1 FINAL ISSUE PAPER DUE. (1,000 words 20 percent of total grade) Review for FINAL QUIZ.
DEC 3 END OF SEMESTER QUIZ Discuss summary/analysis writing.
DEC 8 - In-class deadline assignment: Watch film and write SUMMARY/ANALYSIS (10 percent of final grade) on deadline, due at end of class.
DEC 10 - LAST DAY OF CLASS/ recap/ Final blogs presentations

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