Updated syllabus:

Tuesday, April 13: Discussion of PBS documentary, The Hidden Life. Do professor evaluations really matter? How advertising can make or break a smart phone.

Thursday, April 15: Story #6 updates. Discussion of new media in Boston. New nonprofit websites, national sports websites, new local publications. Why is Boston such an attractive news market?

Tuesday, April 20: Quiz #3. News events discussion, future of journalism. Internships.

Thursday, April 22: Work on story #6. (Use this time to work on Story #6. Class will not formally meet)

Tuesday: April 27: Writing from a police report. In-class assignment.

Thursday, April 29: Story #6 due. Last class.

April 6: Return of Story #5. Rewrite due April 13.Discussion of news events. iPad ads and magazines. Evaluation.

Possible summer internship with Open Road Integrated Media

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April 8: Discussion of Boston's advertising market and media.

March 23: Story #5 assigned in class.
Examples of different Q& A interviews:

Regular feature in The New York Times


Weekly Boston Globe Business feature


March 25: Quiz # 2. Rewrite of story #4 due. For homework, read at least two articles by Boston Globe reporter Erin Ailworth.


March 30: Guest speaker, Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe Business reporter.

April 1st: Class brainstorm discussion of ideas for Story # 6.

Week 7

March 2: Discussion of color and scene setting in news stories and features. Classroom assignment
Rewrite for Story #3 due.

Examples of stories based on scene-setting, color-driven.

Listening in On A Pay Phone in Queens

Girls' Rescue from Haiti Expands Family By Two

HIV Awareness Drive Kicks Into Gear


March 4: Story #4 due. Special assignment.

Week 6

Feb. 23: Story # 3 returned. Discussion of grammar/writing structure tips, news events. Rewrite for Story #3 due a week from today.

Feb. 25: Social Media, where it's at? Discussion of how Social Media is becoming a growing part of a journalist's toolkit.

Week 5

Feb. 16: No class (Monday scheduled)

Feb. 18: Story #3 due. Return of Quiz #1. Guest speaker: Boston Globe reporter Maria Sacchetti.
Read one of her articles here before class begins.

Week 4

Feb. 9: Discussion of sourcing stories, finding stories.
Discussion of localizing a national story: Read The New Math on Campus from the Sunady New York Times Style section

Feb. 11: Quiz #1. Story #3 updates. Interview techniques/suggestions.