broadcast_journalism - Trussville City Schools

instructional time. Any student with a visible or audible electronic device from
bell-to-bell will receive an automatic discipline referral to his/her assistant
principal.
Late Work: Deadlines and timelines are essential aspects of broadcast
journalism. Students work each day “on deadline.” Consequently, no late work
will be accepted in this class.
Academic Dishonesty/Plagiarism/using non-legitimate sources or factgathering
practices: Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Students in
Broadcast Journalism I & II are required to submit their own work and cite their
sources. This means interviewing sources one-on-one in person, or if that is not
possible, via a phone call. Interviews using e-mail, Facebook, mySpace, or any
other non-“live” sources are not considered legitimate sources to use for
quotation purposes for broadcast (the exception is an e-mail or website
information area that—for example—relays factual/statistical information for use
in a story, such as a scoreboard or stats for a sports team from a coach, the
number of tickets sold for a dance from the financial secretary, a “word-for-word”
copy of a district/high school policy or practice from an administrator, etc.). Any
student caught plagiarizing, manufacturing quotes, fabricating facts and/or
using non-legitimate sources/fact-gathering practices will receive a grade
of “F/0” for the assignment and a strike.
Grading: Grading is based on a point system. The number of assignments
determines the number of points each quarter. At the end of the quarter, the total
number of points the student earns is divided by the total number of points
possible for that grading period.
ALPHA NUMERIC SCALE
GRADE %
A 4.00 93-100
A- 3.66 90-92
B+ 3.33 87-89
B 3.00 83-86
B- 2.66 80-82
C+ 2.33 77-79
C 2.00 73-76
C- 1.66 70-72
D+ 1.33 67-69
D 1.00 63-66
D- 0.66 60-62
F 0.00 0-59