-- News Quiz
-- Discuss first stories
-- Discuss advance story
-- Discuss Nov. 3 press conference
-- Assignments
-- news clip – story from a press conference
-- rewrite Story 1
-- write five questions for James Sell, and 1-2 paragraphs of background
-- read Page 63, Workbook -- Speeches and Press Conferences
-- Review text Ch. 16 -- Speeches, Meetings, News Conferences
Story 1 points
-- Reason for reading newspapers, submitting clips? Examples to pattern writing after.
-- Don’t editorialize or put yourself in the story (Pages 32, 46)
Don’t:
1. Repeat word in same sentence
2. State the obvious.
3. Write in generalities
4. Use parentheses instead of brackets for missing words in quotes
5. Use put information in parentheses.
6. State the question.
7. Use alternative attribution to “said.”
8. Write in passive voice (… said Reed.)
9. Use semicolons
10. Write in present tense when writing about an event.
Do:
1. Be specific.
2. Have a plan – organize the story by points.
3. Support each point w/quotes, facts, background
4. Use “said.”
5. Write in active voice.
6. Ask follow-up questions.
7. Punctuate correctly – no spaces between words and punctuation; commas and period INSIDE quote marks.
8. Make attribution clear, especially when not in an interview.
James Sell advance story, press conference
1. Sources of background information
2. Point of press conference story?
3. Prepare five questions.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
For Oct. 27 class
Please bring your first full-length story with you, on a flash drive or by e-mailing it to yourself, so you can work on a rewrite during class.
Thanks
Mr. Reed
Thanks
Mr. Reed
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Due Oct. 27
1. News clip: showing anecdotal lede, focus on a person
2. Write Centurion story 2: e-mail me topic by Wednesday, Oct. 8; 500-700 words (possible topics below)
3. Write five-paragraph ADVANCE STORY
-- speaker: James Sell
-- topic: assessment of Lower Bucks Campus of BCCC in its second year
-- when: 7:30 p.m., Nov. 3
-- where: Room 108, Lower Bucks Campus
-- who: open to students, faculty, staff
-- background: you will have to do research; do not contact James Sell.
2. Write Centurion story 2: e-mail me topic by Wednesday, Oct. 8; 500-700 words (possible topics below)
3. Write five-paragraph ADVANCE STORY
-- speaker: James Sell
-- topic: assessment of Lower Bucks Campus of BCCC in its second year
-- when: 7:30 p.m., Nov. 3
-- where: Room 108, Lower Bucks Campus
-- who: open to students, faculty, staff
-- background: you will have to do research; do not contact James Sell.
Possible Story Ideas
1. Nirvana Athletic and Fitness Center
2. SATTWODays – 15 Saturday classes, earn 6 credits
3. Piano in lounge – does anyone play it? Donors?
4. Delhaas Woods Nature Preserve –setting for L. Bucks campus; www.buckscounty.org/government/departments/parksandrec/parks/silverlake.aspx
5. Lower Bucks Campus Program Council
6. Most popular major/degree/program
7. Ecological features of bldg.
8. Wireless access points, features of bldg.
9. Security issues
Possible sources
· Coordinator of student services
· IT support
· Student services counselor
www.bucks.edu -- search for Lower Bucks Campus
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Oct. 13 class notes
Class Notes – Oct. 13
1. News Quiz
2. Text - Ch. 16
3. Review, write leads
4. Assignments
-- news clip: anecdotal lede; focus on a person
-- Centurion story 2: e-mail me topic by Wednesday; 500-700 words
--Five-paragraph ADVANCE STORY:
speaker: James Sell
topic: assessment of Lower Bucks Campus of BCCC in its second year
when: 7:30 p.m., Nov. 3
where: Room 108, Lower Bucks Campus
who: open to students, faculty, staff
Ch. 16 -- Speeches, Meetings, News Conferences
· News is the information with the most impact and relevance, not necessarily the “topic” of the event.
· Do not have to summarize high in the story what the speaker considers the major theme
· ID speakers and participants-- Don’t need to quote or summarize each person’s comments-- Could be last graf: Other speakers were:
· Be careful about prepared text – there could be additions, deletions, changes
· Specify setting – news conference, speech, panel discussion – so readers don’t think it’s an interview. Not necessarily in the lede.-- Indicate info gotten outside the meeting
· LOTS OF QUOTES
· Talk to speakers after meeting for elaboration
· Decide whether you will accept off-the-record info. Must be agreed to BEFORE info is given.
· MEETING BASICS – p. 329-- Report on votes, decisions, adopted policies – usually most important; not always-- get all sides, including audience-- talk to person in position to know: township manager, school district superintendent or business manager; can put issue in perspective.
· Seating chart – part of shorthand
· NEWS CONFERENCE – WHAT more important than WHO; reason for the news conference is not always the news.
· Show up early, stay after.
Advance Story
· Elements -- Time-- Place-- Who or What
Focus-on-a-person lede
· Anecdotal – tell a little story about the person
· Describe the person or show him/her in action
· Use for profile stories about the person, or news story about issues
Story ideas
1. Nirvana Athletic and Fitness Center
2. SATTWODays – 15 Sat. classes, earn 6 credits
3. Piano in lounge – does anyone play it? Donors?
4. Delhaas Woods Nature Preserve –setting for L. Bucks campuswww.buckscounty.org/government/departments/parksandrec/parks/silverlake.aspx
5. Lower Bucks Campus Program Council
6. Most popular major/degree/program
7. Ecological features of bldg.
8. Wireless access points, features of bldg.
9. Security issues
Possible sources
· Coordinator of student services
· IT support
· Student services counselor
1. News Quiz
2. Text - Ch. 16
3. Review, write leads
4. Assignments
-- news clip: anecdotal lede; focus on a person
-- Centurion story 2: e-mail me topic by Wednesday; 500-700 words
--Five-paragraph ADVANCE STORY:
speaker: James Sell
topic: assessment of Lower Bucks Campus of BCCC in its second year
when: 7:30 p.m., Nov. 3
where: Room 108, Lower Bucks Campus
who: open to students, faculty, staff
Ch. 16 -- Speeches, Meetings, News Conferences
· News is the information with the most impact and relevance, not necessarily the “topic” of the event.
· Do not have to summarize high in the story what the speaker considers the major theme
· ID speakers and participants-- Don’t need to quote or summarize each person’s comments-- Could be last graf: Other speakers were:
· Be careful about prepared text – there could be additions, deletions, changes
· Specify setting – news conference, speech, panel discussion – so readers don’t think it’s an interview. Not necessarily in the lede.-- Indicate info gotten outside the meeting
· LOTS OF QUOTES
· Talk to speakers after meeting for elaboration
· Decide whether you will accept off-the-record info. Must be agreed to BEFORE info is given.
· MEETING BASICS – p. 329-- Report on votes, decisions, adopted policies – usually most important; not always-- get all sides, including audience-- talk to person in position to know: township manager, school district superintendent or business manager; can put issue in perspective.
· Seating chart – part of shorthand
· NEWS CONFERENCE – WHAT more important than WHO; reason for the news conference is not always the news.
· Show up early, stay after.
Advance Story
· Elements -- Time-- Place-- Who or What
Focus-on-a-person lede
· Anecdotal – tell a little story about the person
· Describe the person or show him/her in action
· Use for profile stories about the person, or news story about issues
Story ideas
1. Nirvana Athletic and Fitness Center
2. SATTWODays – 15 Sat. classes, earn 6 credits
3. Piano in lounge – does anyone play it? Donors?
4. Delhaas Woods Nature Preserve –setting for L. Bucks campuswww.buckscounty.org/government/departments/parksandrec/parks/silverlake.aspx
5. Lower Bucks Campus Program Council
6. Most popular major/degree/program
7. Ecological features of bldg.
8. Wireless access points, features of bldg.
9. Security issues
Possible sources
· Coordinator of student services
· IT support
· Student services counselor
Monday, October 6, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Assignments due Oct. 13
1. News clip – In a news story, note use of quotes, including punctuation, and how the reporter leads into the quote. Also note transitions.
2. 500-700 word Centurion story
3. Read Ch. 16 of text.
2. 500-700 word Centurion story
3. Read Ch. 16 of text.
Class Notes -- Oct. 5
Class 5 –Journalism 175
10/5/08
1. News Quiz
2. Review Ch. 6 – Story Structure
3. Lead exercises
4. Discuss Centurion stories
5. Assignments
Ch. 6 – Story Structure
1. Ask yourself: “What do I want to say?”
2. “What order do I put the information?”
· Lede
· Grafs explaining and supporting the lede – often a quote; answers to remainder of 5Ws and H
· Background
· Secondary information
3. Transitions
· Repeating a word or a name
· A single word, indicating relationship – contrast, another similar element
· Time element, place.
4. Lead on page 125 – too long. So what (“has once again demonstrated …”)
5. Rule of thumb: Put everything about the same subject together. Not always.
6. Soft or delayed ledes need a Nut Graf.
7. Story telling – also needs to get to point quickly
8. Background – page 131: women priests
9. Story basics
· IDs: name, age, address, job (student’s major or year)
· Where, when, why, how
· UNIQUE ELEMENT – what distinguishes this story from others
10. Attribution – set of by commas, occasionally by colon
Assignments
1. News clip – In a news story, note use of quotes, including punctuation, and how the reporter leads into the quote. Also note transitions.
2. 500-700 word Centurion story
3. Read Ch. 16 of text.
10/5/08
1. News Quiz
2. Review Ch. 6 – Story Structure
3. Lead exercises
4. Discuss Centurion stories
5. Assignments
Ch. 6 – Story Structure
1. Ask yourself: “What do I want to say?”
2. “What order do I put the information?”
· Lede
· Grafs explaining and supporting the lede – often a quote; answers to remainder of 5Ws and H
· Background
· Secondary information
3. Transitions
· Repeating a word or a name
· A single word, indicating relationship – contrast, another similar element
· Time element, place.
4. Lead on page 125 – too long. So what (“has once again demonstrated …”)
5. Rule of thumb: Put everything about the same subject together. Not always.
6. Soft or delayed ledes need a Nut Graf.
7. Story telling – also needs to get to point quickly
8. Background – page 131: women priests
9. Story basics
· IDs: name, age, address, job (student’s major or year)
· Where, when, why, how
· UNIQUE ELEMENT – what distinguishes this story from others
10. Attribution – set of by commas, occasionally by colon
Assignments
1. News clip – In a news story, note use of quotes, including punctuation, and how the reporter leads into the quote. Also note transitions.
2. 500-700 word Centurion story
3. Read Ch. 16 of text.
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