Last day of class, fall 2011. Thanks for a good semester!
Spell it right
If you have trouble keeping lose and loose straight … or if you tend to mix up then and than, or there, their and they’re, than then this page is for you: Ten Words You Need to Stop Misspelling.
Assignment updates
I’ve updated the class schedule to reflect the changes we discussed in class:
- This week’s “on the ground reporting” assignment (a news story on either the Locavore Fair or the MADD exhibit on campus) should be about 350 words long and doubled spaced. Your story should include information and/or quotes from at least three sources (people you interviewed), only one of which can be another Jour 61 classmate. This news story is due Monday, Oct. 31. Please submit it as a hard copy.
- I’ve pushed back the due date of your classmate profile to Wednesday, Nov. 2., from Oct. 31. Please submit your 350-500 word profile (yes, I am making it a bit shorter than originally listed) as a hard copy. Note: In this case, a single-source story is OK.
I’ve also updated the description of the Online Package assignment on the Assignments page of the Jour61 class blog.
Text on reserve
I just want to confirm that a copy of our textbook, Inside reporting: A practical guide to the craft of journalism, is on reserve at the MLK Library. It is available at the reserve desk on the first floor of the library. You can take it out for a couple hours at a time.
The copy at the library is the first edition, not the second, but it has most of what you need for this class.
Fall ’11 – Welcome
Welcome to the class blog for Journalism 61, section 1, which meets M/W 10:30-11:45 a.m. in DBH 222 at SJSU.
For the past few years I’ve taught Jour61 as a fully online class, but this fall it’ll be “on ground” and in person. You may notice I’m still making some changes to this blog to update it for the fall semester. I’ll be getting the kinks worked out over the next week or so.
See you soon!
Holding pattern
Yes, we’re in a holding pattern, waiting to see if enough students sign up this week to make this section of Journalism 61 a “go” for the spring ’11 semester. I’ll know for sure by Wednesday.
If not, I’ll make sure those of you who registered for this section of the class can transfer into one of the other M/W 12 noon sections.
OK, so the spring section of this class didn’t fly, but we’re on for the fall — section 1, M/W 10:30-11:45 a.m., in DBH 222.
Why spelling matters
See: J.D. Hayworth Campaign Misspells McCain’s Name In Response To Attack Ad, thus reinforcing McCain’s message that his opponent is kind of dumb. Also see the phrase: “Hoist by his own petard.”
