JRN 516, Spring 2009
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JRN 516, Spring 2009 A user-friendly guide
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JRN 516, Spring 2009. A user-friendly guide. The basics. Reporting Finding out what’s going on and telling somebody about it. Journalism Giving citizens the information they need to be free and self-governing. What's this class about?. Public Affairs Reporting - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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JRN 516, Spring 2009
A user-friendly guide
The basics
Reporting– Finding out what’s going on and telling
somebody about it.
Journalism– Giving citizens the information they need to be
free and self-governing
What's this class about?
Public Affairs Reporting– Understanding local government– Finding stories, reporting them
Writing to professional standards
Contacting me
Come to classDrop-in office hours
– 9:50-11 a.m. and 11:50-12:20 p.m. MWF– No appointment needed
Phone and email– 989-631-0644; 989-708-5199 (cell)– [email protected]
Warning
My email address is [email protected]– DO NOT omit the “a” between the
“j” and the “p.” – Mail sent to [email protected] goes to
my nephew in Southern California. He no longer responds to it.
Deadlines
You must meet deadlines to get a full grade.– Late work gets a grade deducted (A
to B etc.) up to 24 hours late.– After 24 hours, work is returned
ungraded.
Format
Turn in all work in hard copy.– Double space it– Put your name and the date at top– Turn it in during class– If class is not being held, turn it in to my
mailbox. Get it date and time-stamped.– Do not email work to me.
Texts and materials
Guide to Local Government– Posted on class blog, http://jrn516.wordpress.com/
Technology to save your work– Important for revision
Your grade Six stories from your beat
– 70 percent of grade. Class presentation and update of your
beat section in guide– 20 percent
Five exams– 10 percent
Covering the beat
You’ll be assigned a beat.Stories can include:
– Advances– Meetings– Breaking news– Enterprise stories– Interviews
The beats Beal City schools Charter schools Library district County board County parks County planning County roads ICTC
Lake Isabella
MP City Commission
MP airport
MP parks
MP planning
MP public schools
MP zoning board
Shepherd schools
Village of Shepherd
Union Township
The fatal error rule
Work containing a misspelled proper noun or factual error receives no more than a D (revisable to a C).
Revisions
All work except quizzes can be revised for up to one higher grade (D to C, B to A).– For full revision credit, do everything I
ask you to do on the original.
– Turn in the original with the revision.
Questions?
