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 piece of journalism.
Guest Speaker Preparation & Schedule
Get ready for the Fall 2010 guest-speaker lineup.
On Wikipedia
Here are just a few more reasons to go beyond the popular reference site and instead do some Truman library database research...
...from beloved "fake" TV pundit Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report via YouTube...
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
The Associated Press
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
What is plagiarism?
This brief article from The Chronicle of Higher Education reviews the basics of recognizing and avoiding plagiarism.
SYLLABUS: ENGLISH 153 (Journalism)
Welcome to English 153 for FALL 2010!
Download the English 153 Syllabus in PDF format.