The Journalism Portfolio
The Journalism Portfolio is due on the last day of News Reporting & Writing class.
English 151 Media Journal Part Three
News Reporting & Writing Students: Post your next Media Journal by class-time this coming Monday. For this second journal, post only two entries — each entry should cover one media report with one full paragraph of summary and one full paragraph of response. Follow these entries with one full paragraph of overall observation, and focus your ideas using class concepts.
DUE for posting by class time, WEEK 13, Day One (11/16).
English 151: Media Journal Part Two
News Reporting & Writing Students: Post your next Media Journal by class-time this coming Monday. For this second journal, post only two entries — each entry should cover one media report with one full paragraph of summary and one full paragraph of response. Follow these entries with one full paragraph of overall observation, and focus your ideas using class concepts.
DUE for posting by class time, WEEK NINE, Day One (10/19).
Ledes
Feel free to post your favorite lede-of-the-day here, along with this handout of sample ledes.
Basic News Writing Tips
Using these tips, develop your reporting plan into a lede and then a full story.
News Writing Criteria
News Reporting & Writing and English 153 work with the following criteria to guide assessment, evaluation, improvement, and grading of the basic journalistic news pieces we write in the class.
● NEWS VALUE
● FORM
● REPORTING
● WRITING QUALITY
● CLEAN COPY
Reporting Plan & Checklist
Download a Reporting Plan & Checklist document to chart and piece together your ideas for a news story.
On Wikipedia
Here are just a few more reasons to go beyond the popular reference site and instead do some database research...
...from beloved "fake" TV pundit Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report via YouTube...
Guest Speaker Preparation
Prepare for the Spring 2009 roster of Journalism Guest Speakers with this handout and schedule.
English 151: Media Journal Part One
News Reporting & Writing Students: Post your first Media Journal per "On-line Writing" syllabus instructions. See also a description of the Media Journal assignment on the syllabus, and refer to the student sample handed out in class.
DUE for posting by class time, WEEK FOUR, Day Two (9/16).
Media Concepts & Questions
Consider the following Media Concepts and Questions handout while reviewing the news for your Media Journal.
International News Sites
Feel free to post your favorite links to international English-language news sites, in addition to those listed here.
Al-Ahram Weekly
Al-Jazeera
All Africa
Asia Times
British Broadcasting Service
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
China Daily
Gulf Daily News
Iran Focus News
The Jerusalem Post
The Jordan Times
Kyodo News Service, Japan
Nigerian News
OpenDemocracy
What can you do with writing?
This English 151 handout tries to define journalism as a distinct kind of writing, while dealing also with the challenge of what you can do with writing as a profession.
What is plagiarism?
Review this brief article from The Chronicle of Higher Education to understand the basics of recognizing and avoiding plagiarism.
SYLLABUS: ENGLISH 151-C (News R&W)
Welcome to News Reporting & Writing for FALL 2009!
Download the English 151-C Syllabus in PDF format.