SPRING 2008: COMPOSITION 102-G
Research Presentation
Tips for Oral Presentation on the COMP 102 Final Paper
DUE IN CLASS, Week 16, Day Two...
SPRING 2008: NEWS REPORTING & WRITING (English 151-H)
The Journalism Portfolio
PHILOSOPHY
The Journalism Portfolio should be a public showcase of the journalist’s work. It will demonstrate the journalist’s editorial judgment in arranging, revising, and presenting their own work. Most important, the portfolio will exhibit pieces that exemplify the multifaceted reflection that go into preparing, workshopping, copyediting, and finalizing journalistic writing. The portfolio will ultimately serve multiple purposes: to document progress while actively charting the path of one’s academic, career, and creative development.
SPRING 2008: COMPOSITION 102-G
Final Paper & Research Specifications
• Six to eight (6-8) pages
• Argumentative thesis (see “Argumentative Structure”)
• International focus
SOURCE CHECKLIST [six to eight (6-8) sources]
• One (1) mass-media periodical
• One (1) technical/professional/scholarly journal
• One (1) journalistic/documentary broadcast or recording
• One (1) personal interview (via phone, e-mail, or in person)
• Two (2) primary-source books
[NOTE: no secondary sources (e.g. reference books), no school textbooks, no anthologies]
• OPTIONAL: Two (2) more sources of your choice, of any kind (except for reference sources)
FINAL NOTE: Good reference sources (e.g. dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac, etc.) do not count for any of the required 6-8 citations, and thus you may use them as much as you like in this paper.
SPRING 2008: LITERATURE 110-TVY
From Prose to Creative Nonfiction
Download handouts on prose and on Hunger of Memory as literary art.
SPRING 2008: NEWS REPORTING & WRITING (English 151-H)
Truman wins "Best News Story"
Today, my journalism student Tomás Martínez Guerra won First Place for Best News Story at the Illinois Community College Journalism Association (ICCJA) spring conference. Click on the picture (above) to see his winning story, "12 million shadows in limbo: Elvira Arellano and the immigration debate," as originally published in Truman's Uptown Exchange (Spring 2007).
SPRING 2008: NEWS REPORTING & WRITING (English 151-H)
Truman J-Student Gets Published
I'm proud of my News Reporting & Writing student, LAUREN VANDERMAR, who has started writing as an official freelance journalist, with her first paid and published piece for the Chicago Journal. I'm happy to say that what I teach in the classroom leads directly to success outside of the classroom! CONGRATS!!!
SPRING 2008: LITERATURE 110-TVY
Poetry Study Guide
Download a poetry study guide for summarizing and responding to poetry in your homework and in class.
