| Date |
Topic |
Readings/Major Due Dates |
| Aug. 27 |
Course Introductions |
WebCT homepage instructions
Submit
beat
choices |
|
Sept. 1-3 |
So far ...
AP Style
News Values
Death of the Inverted Pyramid? (Read for Thursday!)
Interviewing 101 |
Mencher 2,
3, 12, 15
Beat Assignments (T - pp. 353-354)
WebCT homepage due (R)
Registration
ends (T) |
|
Sept. 8-10 |
"Let Your Fingers Do the Walking"
Statistics for Communicators
Ethics
and Law |
Mencher 4 (pp.80-93), 11, 13, 14, 26
Brief 1 due (R)
Beat Report due (R)
Article 1 due
(R) (100 pts)
Quiz 1 - AP: Punctuation/Research |
|
Sept. 15-17 |
Fair & Balanced Coverage
Overcoming Bias
Best Practices for Newspaper Journalists
Checklist for Media Accuracy |
What's News?
Mencher 17, 19 (pp. 375-377), 25, 27
Article 2 due (R) (100 pts)
Quiz 2 - Ethics & Diversity |
|
|
Sept. 22-24 |
Public safety I
Covering Criminal Justice Vol. II (sections 2&3) |
What's News?
Quiz 3 - Public Safety
Mencher 18, 20
Article 3 due (R) (100 pts) |
|
Sept. 29 - Oct. 1 |
The Art of Structure - life and
stories
Public Safety II
Beat
Sources:
Public Safety
Beat
Sources:
Drug
Policy
Literary Style
Truman
Capote:
In Cold Blood: A
Legacy
Charles Dickens
"On duty with Inspector Field"
George Orwell "A
Hanging";
"Shooting
an Elephant"
|
What's News?
Mencher 21
Brief 2 due (T)
Article 4 due (R) (100 pts)
Quiz 4 - AP: A-E |
|
Oct. 6-8 |
Covering Business
Beat Sources:
Business
|
What's News?
Mencher 23
Quiz 5 - Business
Article 5 due (R) (100 pts) |
|
Oct. 13-15 |
Midterm review (T)
Consider topic for Enterprise Series (T)
Midterm evaluation meetings
MIDTERM |
What's News?
Exam (R) (200 pts) |
|
Oct. 20-22 |
Midterm Overview
Election
Coverage
AAPOR
standards
Finding Polls |
What's News?
Submit topic for Enterprise Series (R)
Quiz 6 - AP: F-J/ Elections
Brief 3 due (T)
Mencher pp. 103-105
Homecoming (SA) |
|
Oct. 27-29 |
Courts
Beat
Sources:
Courts
|
What's News?
Mencher 6, 7, 8
Quiz 7 - Courts
Article 6 due (R) (100 pts)
Synopsis of first part of
Enterprise Series (R) |
|
Nov. 3-5 |
Covering Local Governments |
What's News?
Quiz 8 - K-R
Article 7 due (R) (100 pts)
Mencher 16, 24 (pp. 477-487)
Synopsis
of second part of Enterprise Series (R) |
|
Nov. 10-12 |
Government II -
Follow the Money
National Association of State
Budget Officers
Government Financial Officers
Association
Rockefeller Institute of
Government
"Financing Local
Government"
U.S. Census Bureau
government finances
Beat
Sources: Transportation |
What's News?
Mencher 24 (pp. 487-498)
Synopsis
of third part of Enterprise Series (R)
Article 8 due (R) (100 pts)
Quiz 9 - AP: Government
Spring Pre-registration begins (M)
Last day to drop with "W"
(W) |
|
Nov. 17-19 |
Education
Beat
Sources: Education
Guest Speaker? |
What's News?
Mencher 24 (pp. 499-510)
Brief 4 due (T)
Quiz 10 - Education
Article 9 due (R) (100 pts)
Spring Pre-registration ends (F) |
|
Nov. 24 |
Specialty Beats: Religion
"Judge Allows God's Law to Mix with Alabama's" by Rick Bragg
Religion Newswriters Association
Religious Tolerance - cults, new
religious movements
Interfaith Calendar
Help Wanted
on the Religion Beat
Help for the
Religious Beat: A Novice Who Blossomed
Help Wanted on the Religion Beat: Don't Limit the Talent Pool|
Religion Beat became a Test of Faith
GetReligion.org |
What's News?
Quiz 11 -
S-Z
Enterprise Series Bonus Option (T)
|
|
Dec. 1-3 |
Specialty Beats: Environmental, Science, Medicine & Health Issues
Beat
Sources:
Environment
Beat Sources: Health
& ScienceLiterary Style
HL Mencken: "Bryan
& Aftermath" (6 pgs)
|
What's News?
Quiz 12 - Specialty Beats
Brief 5 due (T)
Article 10 due (R) (100 pts)
Begin work on Portfolio |
|
Dec. 8-10 |
Editorials/Commentaries
Guest Speaker- ??? Finding a J-O-B
Ten Reasons You
Should Hire A Journalist
The
Journalism Job Market 7/09 |
What's News?
Enterprise Series
(200 pts)
Portfolio due (R) (200 pts)
Last day to withdraw from University (T) |
| Dec. 16 |
Exam Destination: ???
Wednesday,
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Overview Class
Receive Grades |
