unbound Institute
Journalism Workshop
Prof. Kim Pearson
The College of New Jersey
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Syllabus
Goals:
- To acquaint participants with opportunities, routines and practices in journalism
- To have each participant produce one story with interviews, suitable for submission to unbound II
- To produce special section of unbound in time for July 25 Collegebound showcase
Paper Texts:
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The Missouri Group |
Telling the Story: Writing for Print, Broadcast and Online Media |
Bedford/St. Martins |
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Norm Goldstein (Editor), |
The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law |
Perseus Books |
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Bill Walsh |
Lapsing into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print - And How to Avoid Them |
Contemporary Books |
Online and Multimedia Texts:
- What is That? Definitions of common journalism jobs and terms.
- The Slot: The Site for Copy Editors
- The New York Times
- Pulitzer Prize Archive
- United States Census
- High School Journalism.Org
- FACSNET: Free Information for a Responsible Press
- Workshop discussion board
Schedule:
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DATE AND TOPIC |
ACTIVITIES and notes |
OUTCOME and notes |
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July 5 |
Orientation |
Introductions |
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July 10 - The nature of journalism; opportunities |
The inverted pyramid – Missouri Group CD ROM |
Students will complete lede-writing drills and come up with story ideas |
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July 12 – Interviewing and research |
In class research on the web, using: interviewing role plays |
Students will refine story ideas, identify interview subjects to contact by e-mail |
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July 17 – Writing the story |
Using Roy Peter Clark’s "How to tell a Good Story in 800 Words or Less," students will work on first drafts |
Rough drafts for my critique |
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July 19 – The package |
Students will revise and come up with related links, images and sounds to enhance their stories |
Story packages for upload |
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July 24 – Production and copy-editing |
Proof-reading stories, testing links, etc. |
Package for showcase |