Ch. 6
1. Go over handout and work on writing leads. Vocabulary: Inverted pyramid. Different kinds of leads.
2. Work on news story assignments.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Agenda 10/22 and 24
Continue with the Mock Interview Exercise.
This assignment is designed to improve your listening skills during an interview. You need to take good accurate notes about what the person tells you in order to write a fair and accurate story of what happened.
You will receive a piece of paper that explains your character (the role you are representing). On that paper will be a fake name and a fake scenario of a news event that may have occurred over the summer. You need to be creative and "become" that person. Someone will be sent to interview you about this news event that you were a part of.
You will also receive a piece of paper explaining people you will need to seek out to interview for this story. You need to come up with interview questions to make sure you obtain all of the facts to be able to write an accurate news story.
Your news story needs to be about 200 words long and must include all the important facts. You must include quotes obtained from at least two sources.
Things I will be looking for:
* Accurate facts - including spelling of names, towns, etc.
* Proper use of direct and indirect quotes (punctuation)
* Short, concise wording of sentences
* Proper referencing of names throughout the article
* Objectivity
* Use of third person
*DO NOT show the person who is interviewing you your slip of paper. They need to obtain all facts through interviewing.
Write up your 200 word story. Share your stories with your team. Then exchange your stories with the team you interviewed.
This assignment is designed to improve your listening skills during an interview. You need to take good accurate notes about what the person tells you in order to write a fair and accurate story of what happened.
You will receive a piece of paper that explains your character (the role you are representing). On that paper will be a fake name and a fake scenario of a news event that may have occurred over the summer. You need to be creative and "become" that person. Someone will be sent to interview you about this news event that you were a part of.
You will also receive a piece of paper explaining people you will need to seek out to interview for this story. You need to come up with interview questions to make sure you obtain all of the facts to be able to write an accurate news story.
Your news story needs to be about 200 words long and must include all the important facts. You must include quotes obtained from at least two sources.
Things I will be looking for:
* Accurate facts - including spelling of names, towns, etc.
* Proper use of direct and indirect quotes (punctuation)
* Short, concise wording of sentences
* Proper referencing of names throughout the article
* Objectivity
* Use of third person
*DO NOT show the person who is interviewing you your slip of paper. They need to obtain all facts through interviewing.
Write up your 200 word story. Share your stories with your team. Then exchange your stories with the team you interviewed.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Agenda 10/16
EDITING
1. Spot the Gaffe exercise: Work on handout. As a class we will go over it. Be sure your name is on it and hand it in
(Gamzon box).
2. Go into the Gamzon folder (Journalism 2008/September-October). Make sure you have edited your own 2 articles. Work with a partner and make corrections (possibly using the INSERT COMMENT command).
3. Working in groups, for review and for new information, do the Journalism Scavenger Hunt handout. Be sure your name is on it and hand it in.
1. Spot the Gaffe exercise: Work on handout. As a class we will go over it. Be sure your name is on it and hand it in
(Gamzon box).
2. Go into the Gamzon folder (Journalism 2008/September-October). Make sure you have edited your own 2 articles. Work with a partner and make corrections (possibly using the INSERT COMMENT command).
3. Working in groups, for review and for new information, do the Journalism Scavenger Hunt handout. Be sure your name is on it and hand it in.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
POST YOUR COMMENTS--
Please write a personal response to the Dan Eldon video, "Dying to Tell a Story," with at least a page of thoughtful, double-spaced prose that you will print out. Also post your comments for blogging and responding to one another. Try to answer the follow questions:
1. After seeing the video, how has your view of the function of journalism in the world changed, broadened, evolved? Are the journalists/photojournalists who work in conflict zones and report for news agencies simply crazy for risking their lives, or do they perform an important service for us all? Why is it imperative that stories of what is happening in places like Somalia, Sarajevo, and Darfur be told?
2. Do a little research. Find out how many journalists have been killed in the world in the past year? How many reporters have been killed in Iraq? Afghanistan?
3. Make sure you have 2 stories saved in the class folder in Gamzon/Journalism 2008/Sept.-Oct. Sotacrat!!!!
1. After seeing the video, how has your view of the function of journalism in the world changed, broadened, evolved? Are the journalists/photojournalists who work in conflict zones and report for news agencies simply crazy for risking their lives, or do they perform an important service for us all? Why is it imperative that stories of what is happening in places like Somalia, Sarajevo, and Darfur be told?
2. Do a little research. Find out how many journalists have been killed in the world in the past year? How many reporters have been killed in Iraq? Afghanistan?
3. Make sure you have 2 stories saved in the class folder in Gamzon/Journalism 2008/Sept.-Oct. Sotacrat!!!!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Agenda 10/6
Exploring Sensationalism, Bias, Objective/Balanced Reporting and Parody News
Period 1 Activity
1. Go to the following link to find 2 TABLOID stories that you consider to be sensationalism in journalism: www.top10links.com/cat.php/News:Newspapers:Tabloids
2. Check out the op ed pages and columns of 2 major newspapers (New york Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, etc.) to find articles that have a slant or bias.
3. Find 2 articles on the front pages of these major newspapers that seem to be well-balanced and objective.
4. Finally, check out The Onion for parody at: www.theonion.com/content/
5. Share you findings with a partner and together post a reply to this assignment for credit.
6. Finish editing articles. Work on your FUTURE BOOK (10 articles you would like to write this year).
Period 1 Activity
1. Go to the following link to find 2 TABLOID stories that you consider to be sensationalism in journalism: www.top10links.com/cat.php/News:Newspapers:Tabloids
2. Check out the op ed pages and columns of 2 major newspapers (New york Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, etc.) to find articles that have a slant or bias.
3. Find 2 articles on the front pages of these major newspapers that seem to be well-balanced and objective.
4. Finally, check out The Onion for parody at: www.theonion.com/content/
5. Share you findings with a partner and together post a reply to this assignment for credit.
6. Finish editing articles. Work on your FUTURE BOOK (10 articles you would like to write this year).
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Agenda 10/2
1. Discuss the handout for Ch. 3
2. On the blog, look over the new videos and newsreels for the Palin-Biden debate
3. On the blog, look over new entries
4. Finish articles and put them in the Sept./October folder for publication
HOMEWORK: Watch the Palin Biden debate. Write about your impressions of the debate and the way at least two different stations covered the debate.
2. On the blog, look over the new videos and newsreels for the Palin-Biden debate
3. On the blog, look over new entries
4. Finish articles and put them in the Sept./October folder for publication
HOMEWORK: Watch the Palin Biden debate. Write about your impressions of the debate and the way at least two different stations covered the debate.
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