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International High School Class guide - Semester II, 2001 January 22 - (half class) Introduction, expectations for class. January 29 - Basics of writing news stories - inverted pyramid, who, what, when, where, why, how. Assignment: write two opening paragraphs for two news stories. February 5 - (half class) truth vs. accuracy, discussion of libel, ethics. February 12 - (half class) Discussed potential angles and structure for news stories, gave assignments for next few weeks: article on pep rally for next class, proposal for (graded) news story coming up... February 19 - NO CLASS February 26 - Writing assignment due.
March 5 - Graded news story due.
March 12 - NO CLASS March 19 - Editorials - News story revisions discussed March 26 - Editorials - discussion of the controversy around Horowitz' anti-reparations ad April 2 - Ethics, good journalism practices April 9 - NO CLASS April 16 - Editorials due April 23 - Reviews - books, films, music, art, or performance April 30 - Reviews / Editorial Revisions discussed May 7 - Layout & Design, planning for end-of-year issue
May 14 - End of year issue workshop (details here) May 21 - Articles for end-of-year issue due before Friday, May 25th May 28 - NO CLASS June 4 - End-of-year issue published June 11 - |
Helpful info: Journalism-related links on the Web Excerpts from The First Amendment Handbook from The Reporters' Committee on Freedom of the Press Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting tackles Best Practices for Newspaper Journalists (PDF) from the Freedom Forum Who owns the media? Take a look at the top six media corporations, and find out how much of your life they control. (PDF) |