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72 Friedlander et al’s (2003) Chapter 6, Writing the Newspaper Feature Story; Chapter 7, Writing the Specialized Feature Story Two local award-winning articles (one profile and one news feature) Week 8 1. Lecture: Long-form storytelling Assignment: Students rewrite a news story written in a straightforward manner into a news feature. Due next meeting. Readings for next meeting: Rich’s (2006) Chapter 26, Profiles Biodata of and profiles written by guest speaker 2. Seminar: Writing Profiles and Other Long Stories (Guest speaker) Assignment: (1) Students write a feature about the guest speaker based on her talk, articles and additional research. Due next meeting. Readings for next meeting: Armour, Stephanie’s (2000) “Brainstorming, Good Files Help Identify Trend Stories” (http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2000/july/nw0721-1.htm) Sample trend stories Week 9 1. Lecture: The Trend Story Assignment: (1) Students are given an un-critiqued copy of a classmate’s feature story on the seminar speaker to read and critique. (2) Students submit a memo containing two ideas for trend stories. The trend story, to consist of 2,000 to 2,500 words and must be accompanied by graphs, is due second meeting of Week 15. Both (1) and (2) due next meeting. Readings for next meeting: Mencher’s (2006) Chapter 4 (Read Mathematics for the Reporter; Basic Calculations; Means, Modes and Medians; Analyzing Averages; Personalizing Numbers, More on Math) Meyer’s (2002) Chapter 3, Some Elements of Data Analysis 2. Lecture: Math for Journalists In-class exercise: Students take math competency test. Assignment: Students revise the feature story on the guest speaker critiqued by their classmate and resubmit this to the instructor along with the original version. Due next meeting. Readings for next meeting: Houston’s (2004) Chapter 10, Doing the Computer-Assisted Reporting Story
73 In-depth stories put together through computer-assisted reporting Week 10 1. Lecture: Computer-Assisted Reporting Assignment: Students start researching on statistics and databases they should access for their trend story. Memo on their plan and progress of their research on the trend story due 2st week of Week 12. Readings for 1st meeting of Week 11: Houston’s (2004) Chapters 3 and 4, Spreadsheets (Parts 1 and 2) 2. Final prewriting consultation on profile Week 11 1. Lecture: Spreadsheets for Journalists In-class exercise (Computer lab): Students do spreadsheet exercise(s). (2) Students are given an un-critiqued copy of the deep profile written by a classmate to read and critique. Assignment: Students rewrite and resubmit the deep profile along with original copy. Due next meeting. Readings for next meeting: Houston’s (2004) Chapters 5 and 6, Database Managers, (Part 1 and 2) 2. Lecture: Database Managers for Journalists In-class exercise (computer lab): (1) Students do database management exercise(s). Readings for next meeting: Houston’s (2004) Chapter 7, Getting Data Not on the Internet; Chapter 8, Building Your Own Database (2004); Chapter 9, Dirty Data Week 12 1. Lecture: Building a Database In-class exercise: Students practice building a database. Readings for next meeting: Rich’s (2006) Chapter 12 (Read Wall Street Journal Formula and Section Technique) Local articles that used the Wall Street Journal Formula and Section Technique 2. Lecture: More Storytelling Techniques Assignment: Students write memo on how the Wall Street Journal Formula and Section Technique can be applied to their trend story. Due next meeting. Readings for next meeting: Rich’s (2006) Chapter 14, Storytelling and Feature Techniques Kramer, Mark. “What is Narrative Journalism” (http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/
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