Journalism 61

I had fun taking “The Ultimate Grammar Quiz” on Facebook this afternoon. If you’re on Facebook, you can take it too … and earn extra credit for this class. And it’ll only take about five minutes of your time.
I’ll give you five points for taking the quiz, and 10 points if you earn the [...]

The JMC website has just been updated with information about the $20,000 in scholarships available to JMC students. You can download the application instructions and the list of scholarships as a Word doc. The application deadline is Wednesday, April 1, 2009.
I encourage you to look over this list of scholarships ― you might be surprised [...]

If you’ve looked closely at the class schedule this week, you may have noticed that I’ve made a few changes. I’ve moved up a couple assignments, originally scheduled for later in the semester, to mid-March, and I’ve pushed back the start of the Broadcast Segment.
The upshot: This will give you an extra week to complete [...]

I’d like you to start keeping an eye out for Copy Edit the World candidates. Your first 10 points worth of Copy Edit the World is due Feb. 21, but it helps to get started early on this assignment.
To help you get in practice, here are a couple of samples:
The first person to correctly identify [...]

If you’re enrolled in Journalism 61, Section 80, for the spring semester, you’ve found the right place. This blog will serve as the home page for this class.
I’m currently updating the class schedule and assignments for the spring semester, so don’t be surprised if things change a bit between visits.
During the first week of classes, [...]

“Picking out political buzzwords from 2008 is like shooting moose in a pigpen,” say Mark Leibovich and Grant Barrett, authors of The Buzzwords of 2008.
They note, for example, that “the lifespan of Hillary Clinton’s campaign ‘meta-narrative’ could be charted entirely in buzzwords and catch-phrases — ‘inevitability’ to ‘Clinton fatigue’ to ‘Obamamania’ to ‘he can’t win’ [...]