SPRING SEMESTER 2009

JOURNALISM 101-TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE

Note: Each class session begins with a style quiz from the Associated Press Style Book and Libel Manual – OPEN BOOK

WEEK ONE – Introduction – Basic journalistic writing, reporting, ethics and interviewing. Locate a  ^“brief” for Harbor Tides.

WEEK TWO – Traits of the Journalist/Accuracy/Note-taking. The inverted pyramid.  Assigned story for Tides.           

WEEK THREE – Identifying the parts of a news story. In-class writing assignment                                                                

WEEK FOUR – How to cover a press conference or meeting.; In-class writing assignment

WEEK FIVE  – Writing exercise, including a San Diego robbery; Writing briefs for the web                                                                     

WEEK SIX –Writing an obituary.    MEETING ASSIGNMENTS DUE THURSDAY, MARCH 19                                        

WEEK SEVEN – Writing an obituary (continued);  NO CLASS, THURSDAY, MARCH 26 – JOURNALISM CONVENTION

WEEK EIGHT –  NO CLASS TUESDAY MARCH 31 – CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY; Midterm Thursday, April 2

WEEK NINE –NO CLASS SPRING BREAK, April 6-10

WEEK 10 –  Writing from press releases; In-class writing assignment

WEEK 11 –  The Fourth Estate – Study of First Amendment rights

WEEK 12 – Journalistic ethics,  Junket Whore – Assigned web reading assignment

WEEK 13 -  Journalistic ethics, Case studies, Assigned web reading assignment

WEEK 14 – Journalistic ethics  to tape or not to tape an interview

WEEK 15 – Journalistic ethics, libel, slander    PERSONAL INTERVIEWS DUE THURSDAY, May 26– review each with class                                     

WEEK 16 – Review Week.