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.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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.
Possible summer internship with Open Road Integrated Media
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April 8: Discussion of Boston's advertising market and media.
Monday, March 22, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, March 1, 2010
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.
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.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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.
Feb. 25: Social Media, where it's at? Discussion of how Social Media is becoming a growing part of a journalist's toolkit.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Week 3
Feb. 2: Discussion of story ideas for Story #3 and #4. Class brainstorm session. Rewrites for Story #1 due. Story # 2 also due.
Feb. 4: Anatomy of a News Story discussion. Return of Story #2 and review of grammar, sentence structure, style suggestions.
Discussion: Magazine revenue declines decreasing.
Story on the Decline of Blogging Among Young People
Feb. 4: Anatomy of a News Story discussion. Return of Story #2 and review of grammar, sentence structure, style suggestions.
Discussion: Magazine revenue declines decreasing.
Story on the Decline of Blogging Among Young People
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Story # 2
Story #2
The assignment
Write a 500-600 word story on one of the following news stories from this past week. Write this as if you are going to post it online for your paper’s website.
You can pick one of several topics:
Interview some students, professors, staff coaches or people around campus and ask them about their reaction to Nancy Kerrigan’s brother alleged involvement in their father's death. You can use The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, and CNN or NYTIMES as sources for background information about the death as long as your attribute your information. You should include some details on Nancy Kerrigan’s local ties, why is this such a big story, and when was the first time your subject heard about Nancy Kerrigan, etc.
To pay or not to pay for stories online. Ask fellow students, professors or Bostonians on whether they would pay to get their news online. The peg here is the NYTIMES decision last week that it would start charging visitors to their website beginning in 2011. (Again, you can use other news resources such as Boston.com or NYTIMES.com for background information as long as you attribute.) Ask your subjects how they get their news, how much would they pay to read articles online, why or why not. Why was the announcement by the NYTIMES last week such big news for the media industry?
Toyota hits the brakes on some new and old models. The car manufacturer announced this week that it is halting the sales of eight popular models because of a sticky accelerator pedal problem. Throughout your daily travels, ask people if they own a Toyota, how does this affect their image of the car brand, would this affect their decision in buying a Toyota, how might a local dealer/salesman feel about the news. (Ask your classmates or professors if they own a Toyota or know of someone who owns a car and how they feel about the recall.)
The iPad. Apple unveiled yesterday its new electronic tablet computer, which will mostly likely influence how users consume media. Will the tablet help save newspapers? Will it help revive book sales? Ask people whether they would use such a device to read newspapers online or books. Do they already use Amazon’s Kindle, Sony’s e-Reader or Barnes and Noble Nook reader? How are these devices different, how much do they cost? I’m really looking for you to get some insights and reactions from fellow students or professors on whether such devices are helping save the publishing world (whether it's newspapers or books) and do they or would they use them (why or why not?)
Remember: list your sources/people interviewed and their contact information at the end of the story.
The assignment
Write a 500-600 word story on one of the following news stories from this past week. Write this as if you are going to post it online for your paper’s website.
You can pick one of several topics:
Interview some students, professors, staff coaches or people around campus and ask them about their reaction to Nancy Kerrigan’s brother alleged involvement in their father's death. You can use The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, and CNN or NYTIMES as sources for background information about the death as long as your attribute your information. You should include some details on Nancy Kerrigan’s local ties, why is this such a big story, and when was the first time your subject heard about Nancy Kerrigan, etc.
To pay or not to pay for stories online. Ask fellow students, professors or Bostonians on whether they would pay to get their news online. The peg here is the NYTIMES decision last week that it would start charging visitors to their website beginning in 2011. (Again, you can use other news resources such as Boston.com or NYTIMES.com for background information as long as you attribute.) Ask your subjects how they get their news, how much would they pay to read articles online, why or why not. Why was the announcement by the NYTIMES last week such big news for the media industry?
Toyota hits the brakes on some new and old models. The car manufacturer announced this week that it is halting the sales of eight popular models because of a sticky accelerator pedal problem. Throughout your daily travels, ask people if they own a Toyota, how does this affect their image of the car brand, would this affect their decision in buying a Toyota, how might a local dealer/salesman feel about the news. (Ask your classmates or professors if they own a Toyota or know of someone who owns a car and how they feel about the recall.)
The iPad. Apple unveiled yesterday its new electronic tablet computer, which will mostly likely influence how users consume media. Will the tablet help save newspapers? Will it help revive book sales? Ask people whether they would use such a device to read newspapers online or books. Do they already use Amazon’s Kindle, Sony’s e-Reader or Barnes and Noble Nook reader? How are these devices different, how much do they cost? I’m really looking for you to get some insights and reactions from fellow students or professors on whether such devices are helping save the publishing world (whether it's newspapers or books) and do they or would they use them (why or why not?)
Remember: list your sources/people interviewed and their contact information at the end of the story.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Week Two
Jan. 26: Return of Story #1 and discussion of common mistakes, style rules. (rewrite of Story #1 due Feb. 2)
Class discussion on most visited news websites, recent Boston.com poll on whether people would pay to read news websites, discussion of new Boston news website planned, and overview of Anatomy of a News Story. Suggested reading: Rich, Ch. 3
Jan. 28: Continued discussion of Anatomy of a News Story and finding story ideas. In-class writing assignment: Story #2 Assigned, related to recent news. Suggested reading: Rich, Ch. 5
Read recent NYTIMES.com opinion piece on the pros and cons of the Ipad
Class discussion on most visited news websites, recent Boston.com poll on whether people would pay to read news websites, discussion of new Boston news website planned, and overview of Anatomy of a News Story. Suggested reading: Rich, Ch. 3
Jan. 28: Continued discussion of Anatomy of a News Story and finding story ideas. In-class writing assignment: Story #2 Assigned, related to recent news. Suggested reading: Rich, Ch. 5
Read recent NYTIMES.com opinion piece on the pros and cons of the Ipad
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Week One
Tuesday, Jan. 19: Meet your editor/professor! Introduction to course content and requirements. Story #1 Assigned. News story.
Thursday, Jan. 21: What is “news?” How is media changing, evolving, reinventing itself? Recent big news stories, how they were covered. Suggested reading Rich book, Introduction and Ch.1-2. Story #1 Due. Class discussion of Story #1.
Thursday, Jan. 21: What is “news?” How is media changing, evolving, reinventing itself? Recent big news stories, how they were covered. Suggested reading Rich book, Introduction and Ch.1-2. Story #1 Due. Class discussion of Story #1.
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