Tuesday, April 21: Tour of The Boston Globe
Thursday, April 23: Class discussion of final story. Return of papers. Desserts.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
week 12
Tuesday, April 14: Return of police stories (Story #5) Discussion of common mistakes/issues. Group discussion on visiting courthouse. CLASS CANCELED!!! Post your courthouse stories on your blog.
Read courthouse tales by Angelica, Kelsey, Kelly, and the Sarahs (Jones and Greenbaum) to get a sense of what I am looking for.
Thursday, April 16: Return of police stories (Story #5) Discussion of common mistakes/issues. Group discussion on visiting courthouse. Tour of the Globe will be Tuesday, April 21.
Read courthouse tales by Angelica, Kelsey, Kelly, and the Sarahs (Jones and Greenbaum) to get a sense of what I am looking for.
Thursday, April 16: Return of police stories (Story #5) Discussion of common mistakes/issues. Group discussion on visiting courthouse. Tour of the Globe will be Tuesday, April 21.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
week 11 (April 6-10)
Tuesday: Return of story #4, quiz #3. Discussion of Accuracy, Libel, Privacy Story # 5 due.
Thursday: Writing for TV. Tips on Broadcast Writing.
Thursday: Writing for TV. Tips on Broadcast Writing.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
week 10 (March 30-April 3)
Tuesday: Writing from a police report.
Go to these two links, pull up the two-part police report and write a news story (400 words or so) based on the report. Write as if this is going online tonight for your paper’s website. Assignment due: April 7. This is story #5.
Thursday: Quiz #3. The People's Court. You have been summoned to attend court, class.
A helpful link to finding some Boston courthouses.
Go to these two links, pull up the two-part police report and write a news story (400 words or so) based on the report. Write as if this is going online tonight for your paper’s website. Assignment due: April 7. This is story #5.
Thursday: Quiz #3. The People's Court. You have been summoned to attend court, class.
A helpful link to finding some Boston courthouses.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Week 9 (March 23-27)
Tuesday, March 24: Media ethics. Classroom exercise.
Thursday, March 26: Writing from a police report. Assignment in class.
Thursday, March 26: Writing from a police report. Assignment in class.
Monday, March 16, 2009
week 8 (March 16-20)
Tuesday, March 17: Quiz #2. Classroom discussion of covering a meeting. Story #4 will be assigned.
Thursday, March 19: Guest speaker, local TV news reporter.
Thursday, March 19: Guest speaker, local TV news reporter.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
week 6 (March 2-6)
Tuesday, March 3: Return of Story #2. Discussion of reporting process. Common mistakes. Tips for clear and concise writing, attribution, etc. Rewrites due for Story #2 on March 17.
Watch this video from NBC Nightly News. Discuss newsgathering elements. How can this be done at Emerson?
Thursday, March 5: Covering City Government, Town Hall meeting. (you will have Quiz #2 on March 17 when you return. Quiz is based on AP style entries I-O and that day's current events) Return of in-class obit.
Watch this video from NBC Nightly News. Discuss newsgathering elements. How can this be done at Emerson?
Thursday, March 5: Covering City Government, Town Hall meeting. (you will have Quiz #2 on March 17 when you return. Quiz is based on AP style entries I-O and that day's current events) Return of in-class obit.
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