Media Journalism English 302

Media Journalism
English 302/COA 302

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Tentative Schedule of Assignments

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VERY Tentative Schedule of assignments:

Week 1
Introduction to the course
Chapters 1 and 2

Week 2
Chapters 3, 4 and 5

Week 3
Fulbright Story due; Chapters 7 and 8; interviewing skills; Faculty Profiles assignments

Week 4
Chapters 9 and 21; Faculty Profiles due

Week 5
Chapters 10 and 11--story structure and feature techniques

Week 6
Developing, writing, and editing a news story; news/feature due; Homecoming assignments

Week 7
Homecoming special issue; developing stories and writing to space; Homecoming story due

Week 8
Chapter 18 and handout; specialized stories: beat, sports

Week 9
Chapters 15, 16, 17; press law and ethics; Press Law Test

Week 10
Fall Break; no class on Thursday (I'm out of town)

Week 11
Chapter 12; writing for public relations and The Georgetown View

Week 12
Investigative reporting: All the President's Men; sports/specialty story due

Week 13
Opinion writing (handout); editorial or review assignments

Week 14
Layout and editing, The Georgetown View; View story due

Week 15
Editing and wrap-up; opinion story due

Week 16
Overview and course evaluation

Final exam: Take-home final exam (final article)

Preliminary list of major graded assignments:
Fulbright story
Faculty Profile
news/feature story
Homecoming assignments
sports/specialty story
press law test
Georgetown View assignments
opinion article
final article