Journalism 110

Schedule

 


Week 1
Course Introduction

Introduction to News
Read Rich, Chapters 1, 2

Week 2
News Leads and Nut Graphs

Week 3
The inverted pyramid

Week 4
Body Building

Listening and Note-taking

Week 5
Interviewing

 Curiosity

Week 6
Story Ideas

Sources of Information

Week 7
Storytelling

Profiles

Week 8
Obits

Features

Week 9
Features continued

Beat Reporting

Week 10
Multicultural Reporting

Speeches and Press Conferences

Week 11
Speeches and Press Conferences continued

Disasters and Tragedies

Week 12
Disasters and Tragedies continued

Accuracy and Libel

Week 13
Crime and Punishment

Week 14
Ethics

Media Jobs

Week 15
Online journalism


Review

 Note: This syllabus is a guide. Assignments may be added, dropped or changed. I'll keep you posted about any changes.