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Week 5: Journalism 2001

Week 5: Journalism 2001. October 6, 2008. Find the misspellings……. Bayfeild Strawberrys Both!. Review of last week’s news. Hard News: (murders, city council, government, etc.) Major local stories Major national/international stories Major sports stories Soft News:

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Week 5: Journalism 2001

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  1. Week 5: Journalism 2001 October 6, 2008

  2. Find the misspellings…… • Bayfeild • Strawberrys • Both!

  3. Review of last week’s news • Hard News: (murders, city council, government, etc.) • Major local stories • Major national/international stories • Major sports stories • Soft News: (retirements, school programs, human interest) • Local stories • National/international stories • Sports stories

  4. Announcements • Job Fair: October 11 • KUMD Opportunities • Franken/Coleman/Barkley Debate • Thursday, October 16 • 7:30 p.m. • 10 extra credit points

  5. Cody knows Words Matter!

  6. Review of last week’s assignments • Watch wordiness! • Avoid full name in lead unless prominent person • Attempted robbery • Were let out of school: classes dismissed • Style errors • Spelling! • Datelines • Numerals: When starting sentence, spell out • Correct names • 24-year-old: ages • Disc jockey, not disk jockey • States • Time: a.m., p.m.

  7. VINELAND (NJ) – Twenty-four-year-old Stockton State student Mark Dickson is now in intensive care after being robbed and shot earlier today when he answered a knock at the door of the small radio station where he works. Mark Dickson, 24-year-old Stockson State College student who recently began working as a disk jockey for WKQV-FM, was reportedly shot at work by a man attempting to rob him and is now in stable condition at Bridgeton Hospital. VINELAND, N.J. – Disc jockey Mark Dickinson is in stable condition and awaiting surgery at Bridgeton Hospital after he resisted giving up his wallet and a man shot the college student in the arm at a small radio in Vineland, New Jersey around 1 A.M. today.

  8. Only minor cuts and bruises were reported when students at Farragut Career Academy High School were sent home early Friday after a lunchroom scuffle triggered a series of gang-related fistfights. On Friday afternoon 20 students at Farragut Career Academy High School were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after a scuffle in the lunchroom escalated into gang fights throughout the building. On Friday, a scuffle in the lunchroom of Farragut Career Academy High School caused gang-related fistfights throughout the building, leading to the arrest of 20 students and causing students to be released early.

  9. Review: Writing a summary lead • Usually a single sentence • No more than 35 words • Bottom line: • Use a single sentence of no more than 35 words to summarize an event

  10. Hard News 1 Story: Due Thursday! • Interview Update? • Work in teams to interview Duluth citizens • Each reporter writes own story • Final story due: Thursday, October 9 • Interview 8-10 Duluthians • Might not use all sources in story • List all sources, with contact info, at end of story • Stories will be posted on class Web site: • Fall Jour 2001 Web site

  11. Sports Story Story Pitch Due:Wednesday, October 1 • Select a UMD or prep sporting event to cover • Length of story pitch: no more than three paragraphs, about 200 words • Include the 5 Ws and H: what makes this story newsworthy • Complete article due: November 6

  12. Assignment: Due Tonight • From information provided from a Tempe Police Department activity log, write an inverted-pyramid news story based on all the information available. • Write your story in Microsoft Word, doublespaced, and email a copy of the story as an attachment to: lkragnes • Make sure to copy yourself on the email

  13. Tonight • Practice City Council meeting • Tape of meeting from last year Next week: October 13 • We will attend City Council meeting.

  14. Hard News 2 Story: Due Thursday, October 23 • Next week all attending the Duluth City Council meeting • Meet at 6 p.m. in Rotunda of City Hall • Where’s City Hall? • Carpools/bus schedules • Mayor Ness will meet with us! • We’re attending the meeting, and you will be writing a story about it for your Hard News 2 story

  15. Hard News 2 Tips • How to read agenda? Background information? • Tips: • In text, review: • Writing the Meeting Story: An Inverted-Pyramid Story: p. 319-320 • Organizing an Inverted Pyramid: Guidelines to Follow: p. 65-66 • Just use said: he said, she said • Keep paragraphs short: no more than two sentences, three max • Story length: 8-10 paragraphs, 400-450 words • Write strong summary lead of one sentence, 35 words or less • Need attribution from sources; just name OK for source list • Sit together at meeting! Ask for handouts! Take lots of notes! • Don’t be afraid to ask questions after the meeting • Review class lecture notes at: • www.d.umn.edu/~lkragnes

  16. What I’ll be looking for (p. 65-66): • Write a terse lead • Provide background • Present news in order of descending importance • Use quotations early and throughout • Use transitions • Do not editorialize • Avoid “the end”

  17. Statesman Guide to Writing

  18. Chapter 22: Courts • Federal Judicial System • Supreme Court • U.S. Court of Appeals • U.S. District Courts • U.S. Bankruptcy Court • Minnesota Judicial System • Supreme Court • Court of Appeals • District Courts

  19. Types of court cases • Criminal Cases • Enforcement of criminal statutes • Brought by state or federal government against a person for committing a crime such as murder, armed robbery • Civil cases • Legal disputes between individuals, businesses, state or local governments, government agencies • Commonly include suits for damages from auto accidents, breach of contract, libel

  20. Criminal Cases • Basic criminal process: • Indictment/information filed: Criminal charge • Warrant issued for arrest • Arraignment: Criminal charge is read to accused • Preliminary hearing/Grand jury: Probable cause • Second arraignment: Plea entered • Plea bargaining, jury date set • Trial by judge or jury • Jury reaches verdict

  21. Civil cases • Basic civil process • Plaintiff files a complaint • Defendant served with a summons • Defendant files pleading • Depositions taken • Appearances before judge • Settlement often reached • Trial scheduled: Either jury or judge • Verdict

  22. Checklist for covering courts • Learn the judicial system • Learn the record-keeping system • Provide sufficient background for the reader • Double-check facts • Use complete names, addresses or occupations • Johnson story example

  23. Review of story examples • BN engines run into coal train • Woman, 49, is accused of aiming gun at deputy • Charities fight for funds • Pollution forces Sheridan to replace shale with sand • Drive for museum tax dropped • Sawmill stories

  24. Journalism Case Studies • Today: Intruding on grief: Does the public really have a "need to know?" Go to: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/invading-privacy/intruding-on-grief/ - Compiled by University of Indiana School of Journalism

  25. Another wayward sign!

  26. What’s misspelled? • Additional • Availible • Restrooms

  27. Chapter 23: Sports • Evolution of sports writing • Sports pages consistent • Contest coverage, personality profiles, features, columns • Go beyond the game: Vikings scandals • Flowery prose: Grantland Rice, Nashville Daily News, 1901 • Stanley Woodward, New York Herald Tribune • Still cliches – strive for middle ground • WWII put sports into better perspective: 5Ws & H • 1970s and 1980s: More balanced approach • Best sports writing: Includes statistics, essential ingredients (5Ws & H), more analytical

  28. High School Sports Coverage • Terry Henion, Omaha World-Herald • “Kids playing kids’ games” • Reporters must keep stats • No sports information directors • Not really covering, more documenting • Stringers: College students covering high school sports • Quotes from losing, winning coaches & players

  29. Reporting Sports • Working with statistics • Box scores • Team statistics • Individual statistics • Beware of becoming “statistic junkie” • Review statistics for trends: play-by-play charts

  30. Going beyond statistics • Watch coaches on sidelines, nervous parents in stands • Policies for post-game interviews • Cool-down time • Talk to coaches • Talk to players • Talk to trainers • A showcase for good writing • Beyond the game – contracts, courtrooms, boardrooms

  31. Checklist for sportswriters • Go with a summary lead if warranted, but more room to be creative. • Avoid chronological approaches • Blend facts, turning points, quotations, statistics, analysis • Avoid cliches: cliffhangers, take it to ‘em • Avoid “ridiculous” direct quotations: we whipped ‘em good • Use vivid description when appropriate • Double-check spellings • Do your homework

  32. Online sports sources • National Collegiate Athletic Association: • www2.ncaa.org • National Basketball Association: www.nba.com • National Football League: http://www.nfl.com • Major League Baseball: www.mlb.com • ESPN: www.espn.go.com

  33. Out-of-class assignment due: 10/13 • AP Stylebook Editing • Sports Section • Weather terms

  34. Tonight’s assignment • City Council Meeting • We’re going to watch the Duluth City Council meeting from March 19, 2007 • Complete an inverted pyramid story of no more than 300 words in class: • email by end of class to lkragnes@d.umn.edu • OK to use computer to take notes • Relax! All will receive 10 points • EXCEPT: Style errors will be deducted! • Who’s on the City Council: http://www.ci.duluth.mn.us/city/council/ccmembers.html

  35. Egradebook • Doublecheck assignments correct in egradebook: • http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook

  36. Portfolio • Store academic information in your Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100 mb of storage. • Access Electronic Portfolio at: https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.jsp

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