Archive for the ‘Good examples’ Category
Fun reading!
Posted by: cynmccune on: October 3, 2008
I’ve been having some fun reading your latest assignments and blog posts, so I’d like to share some of the highlights.
Lauren’s write-up of her Top News Story, McCain’s C-R-A-Z-Y Week, had me rolling in the aisles (or it would have if I had aisles in my house).
Some other good examples of explaining the news values [...]
The long and short of it
Posted by: cynmccune on: May 5, 2008
Check out the latest project, 100 Percent SJSU, by Kyle Hansen, the Spartan Daily’s online editor, and friends. It’s a graphic look at diversity and ethnicity at SJSU…and it’s also a good example of a short-form story alternative (see p. 128-129 in Harrower text) that condenses and graphically displays data to make it more reader [...]
Structuring focus stories
Posted by: cynmccune on: November 16, 2007
What’s a “focus story” you ask? It’s a story about an issue or trend that starts out by focusing on an individual.
Focus story structure allows you to “humanize” or “put a human face” on a complex issue or trend. It’s an effective way to draw attention to an important issue or trend that might not [...]
Typo trifecta!
Posted by: cynmccune on: November 2, 2007
If you want to find typos for the Copy Edit the World assignment, just start looking at posters and fliers on campus. That’s what I’ve been telling you guys…and Thursday, Beth proved the point with this typo trifecta:
Way to go, Beth!
Sample classmate profiles
Posted by: cynmccune on: September 22, 2007
I’ve had some requests to see some sample classmate profiles. I found some good profiles I’d saved from a prior class, and uploaded them. You can find links to them on the “Resources” page.
Note: The author’s names are real, but the names of the people who were profiled have been changed for privacy.
Putting blogs to work
Posted by: cynmccune on: September 14, 2007
Wondering how you might put a blog to good use (other than for posting your class assignments or for personal journaling)? You might want to take a look at JMC grad student Ryan Sholin’s blog, Invisible Inkling.
He’s used his blog as a venue to explore his chosen field of online journalism, and to make a [...]
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