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Journalism I

 

Tentative Schedule:

        Week 1

Tues        March 4                   Intro to Mass Comm

Thur                        March 6                   History                    

        Week 2

Mon         March 10                 Law/Ethics

Wed         March 12                 Newspaper Production            Bring Newspaper to Class (not The Pen) (5% of final grade)

Fri            March 14                 Writing for Mass Media

        Week 3

Wed         March 26                 News Reporting                      

        Week 4

Mon         March 31                 Feature Reporting                   Bring “finished” News article to class (5% of final grade)

Wed         April 2                      International and Intercultural Comm        Bring “finished” feature article to class (5% of final grade)
Fri            April 4                      Interviewing                            

        Week 5

Tues        April 8                      Investigative Journalism           Bring Outside Interview to class (5% of final grade)

Thurs       April 10                    News Editing                            Bring Investigative ideas and previous articles to class

        Week 6

Mon         April 14                    Opinion Writing                         Bring edited articles to class

Wed         April 16                    Audience Analysis                   Bring written and edited opinion piece to class (5% of final grade)

Fri            April 18                    Principles of Advertisement

        Week 7

Tues        April 22                    Public Relations

Thurs       April 24                    Intro to Photojournalism            Bring digital camera to class, if can

        Week 8

Thurs       May 1                      Computers and Art Design      

        Week 9

Mon         May 5                      Ad Design

Wed         May 7                     

Fri            May 9                     

        Week 10        

Tues        May 13                    Pop Culture in Mass Media     

Thurs       May 15                    Mass Media in Vietnam            Bring paper on how a song has affected today’s news (5% of final grade)

        Week 11

Mon         May 19                    Internet Services                      Bring paper on how a war has affected today’s news (5% of final grade)

Wed         May 21                    Final Project Due (20% of final grade)



Syllabus for course