Days 33, 34, 35 & 36 ... the end of days

Thursday 12.6
1. Brief due

2. Team check-ins

A Team: work on draft
B Team: Work on extra brief
C Team: Second draft

3. Group work: Top 20 most influential people in your genre. Post a list, include lots of hyperlinks and photos, if available.

Jordan & Alberto: music (A&E)
Abbie & Dan: Politics (News)
Sam & Eliza: movies/television (A&E)
Sara & PJ: MA (Features)
Claire, Holland & Bryn: Literature (Features)
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Monday 12.10
1. Team check-ins

A Team: second draft
B Team: Extra brief
C Team: Final draft

2. Finish up group work

3. Start new group work: Do the briefs need revamping? Working with a partner, revisit the Briefs list and revise, rewrite, restyle as you see fit. We have a new batch of students next semester, so they won't know any different. Think about what worked for you, what you liked, what you dreaded. Keep things light, timely, and related to the life of MA students.
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Wednesday 12.12
1. Brief due

2. Team check-ins
A Team: Final draft due
B Team: Extra brief
C Team: Extra brief
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Friday 12.14
1. Last Class: Philip the Elder makes an appearance. Meet in the ANNEX!

Day 32: Apparently I cannot count

Check-ins
A Team: First draft
B Team: Final draft
C Team: Work on draft

Let's get to work

• Find a partner, pick a genre, and come up with the 20 most influential people in that category this year. List name and a brief description of the person in the comment section of this post.
• Categories:
• Music
• Movies/Television
• Literature
• Sports
• Politics
• Art
• Marin Academy/Marin/Bay Area

Day 30: Check-ins & TAL & Radiolab

1. Team check-ins
A Team: working ond raft
B Team: working on draft
C Team: First draft due

2. This American Life: Mind Games (43 mins)

3. Radiolab: Games (20:30 left)

Day 29: check-ins, reviews & more

1. Briefs due!

2. Team check-insA Team: Brainstorm article ideas -- think of articles that might include alternative story forms.
B Team: Work on draft (Final draft due on Tuesday)
C Team: Work on draft (First draft due on Friday)

3. Sharing of reviews: a little read around.

4. List of the top 20 news stories of the year. Work in groups of 2-3 students and post your responses below.

Day 28: Check-in & review writing

Team check-ins
A Team: Final draft
B Team: Second draft
C Team: Work on draft

Individual work
Remember that great review you read? It's time to write your own. Try to model the style of this reviewer, and write about something about which you have lots of passion. This review can be negative or positive. Just have some fun and ask lots of questions.

Day 27: Ethics and some writing fun

A Team: Final draft
B Team: Second draft
C Team: Working on next draft

To print of not to print

This AWESOME review of Guy Fieri's restaurant showed up in the NYT last week. It got lots of press for its content, but also a lot of press for the style. Your assignment: think of a restaurant, a book, an event, an article of clothing, something that you have a strong like or dislike for, and write a review styled like this one. Have fun! It's almost Thanksgiving break.

Day 26: ethics and TAL

A Team: working on draft
B Team: First draft
C Team: Work on draft

To print of not to print

TAL

Day 25: Revising & Printing Ethics

Briefs due!

A Team: First draft
B Team: Working toward that first draft ...
C Team: Second draft

Class work with partners
1. You'll get your articles from Monday back. Revise, rewrite, make it better.
2. To Print or Not to Print? That is the question ... read through the scenarios and write your responses in the comment section of this post.

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FRIDAY WE'LL BE IN THE ANNEX!!!!

Day 24: Competitive Writing

A Team: Work on draft
B Team: Final draft due
C Team: Work on draft

Check in with editors. Graphics? Interviews? What do you need help with?

Writing: Break up into teams and get writing!

Day 23: Election coverage

Briefs due

A Team: Check in about newest articles
B Team: How is draft coming along?
C Team: First draft due!

Assignment for Andrew & 3 others: recap of the MA election and what happened in national election. Get responses from students in library about results of general election and propositions. File story by end of class.

4 people as Hotlinks Finders: find links to stats, speeches, information, winners and losers, etc from the election.

4 people are image finders: find images (creative commons, Romney website, Obama website, etc) that are legal for our use.

Election Day

General Election Ballot

Day 22: Check-ins and some writing/reading/thinking

Team Check-ins
A Team: Final draft
B Team: Second draft
C Team: Work on draft

In-class activity
1. If you've finished reading the previous articles and responding to the questions, awesome. Here's your work: relax, work on your article, work on your brief.
2. If you have not finished reading and responding, please continue to do so.

Day 21: check-ins, reminders, and reading

1. Briefs due!
2. Check in with your team captain. How are graphics coming along? Articles? Where do you need help?
3. Registration drive reminder:
1. Thursday: Abbie, Eliza, & Sam
2. Friday: Jordan, Holland & Andrew
4. Election Day reminder:
1. D: Bryn (help from Mary)
   G: Dan (some help from Pam's class)
   Break: Holland, Sam & Claire
   E: Andrew & Jordan
   Lunch: Sara, Abbie & Philip
   F: Alberto? (help from Pam)
5. Some in-class reading: please read the following three articles.
1. News piece: Swing Nation
2. Feature piece: The Honor System
3. Review piece: The $2.5 Car

No rush. I just want you to read. After you've read all three, please add a comment to this post that addresses the following questions:

1. In what way is the lead engaging and accurate?
2. How are these three pieces stylistically different?
3. How would you distinguish between a news piece, a feature piece, and a review? Come up with your own definition for each.
4. What kind of sources are used in each piece? How do the different sources add/detract from the piece?
5. Formulate three questions for each article that you think the writer might have asked when interviewing people.

Day 20: Arts & Crafts Time

WHAT'S DUE

A Team: Second draft
B Team: First draft
C Team: Final draft

Check in about graphics. Are you using the rubrics???

WHAT WE'RE DOING

1. Voter registration schedule:
1. Tue 10.30: Sara, Phillip, Dan & Bryn
2. Thu 11.1: Abbie, Eliza, & Sam
3. Fri 11.2: Jordan, Holland & Andrew
2. Election Day schedule
1. D: Bryn (help from Mary)
   G: Abbie & Dan (some help from Pam's class)
   Break: Holland, Sam & Claire
   E: Andrew, Lena & Jordan
   Lunch: Sara, Abbie & Philip
   F: Alberto (help from Pam)
3. Recap of COD (what was awesome and what we can learn to do better the next time)
4. Let's get the voters excited and let's get the word out about registration and voting.

Voter Registration Form

For registration purposes.

Day 19

Meet in teams
A Team: First draft (google)
B Team: final draft (website)
C Team: Second draft (google)

Class work
1. Review AP
2. COD moderator questions/video work/review of session attendance
3. Sol Food order
4. Work on article

Thursday

D: Holland & Sara & Annie & Morgan & Eliza

E: Philip & Claire & Sara

F:  Lena & Abbie & Eliza

LUNCH WITH LANCE WILLIAMS IN LIB 206 -- Sol Food!!
G: Abbie (mod), Holland (mod), Julia (mod): Dan Annie

Friday
A: Morgan (mod) & Annie (mod): Sam & Abbie
C: Sam & Eliza
B: Bryn & Andrew & Jordan

NO BRIEFS THIS WEEK! All COD articles must be posted the night of the session (earlier if possible).

bold = video
underlined = head writer

Day 18: AP and you!

• Check in with teams: everyone is working on a draft right now! How are graphics coming along?
• Review of COD, Voter Registration & Election Day events
• AP Style intro: Review of MA style sheet and then general AP
• AP style work with a partner
• Review of style work

COD coverage schedule

Each session needs:

1. A reporter working the iPad for video

2. A reporter (or two or three) writing a 350-500 word article (min of three sources). Regardless of number of reporters, there's still only one article filed.

Articles are to be filed the day of the session. Each article needs a complimentary graphic. Start thinking about that now.

Thursday
D: Holland & Sara (& Abbie)
E: Jordan & Philip (& Abbie)
F:  Lena & Abbie

LUNCH WITH LANCE WILLIAMS IN LIB 206 -- Sol Food!!
G: Abbie (mod), Holland (mod), Julia (mod), Lena, Annie, Morgan, Jordan, Eliza, 

Friday
A: Morgan (mod) & Annie (mod); entire class is attending
C: Claire & Sam & Abbie & Eliza
B: Bryn & Andrew

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Voter Registration Drive (10/29-11/2)

You will staff a table at lunch in the café and encourage people to register to vote. If students or staff do not register to vote, they will not be allowed to vote on election day.

Mon 10.29: Lena, Claire & Alberto

Tue 10.30: Sara, Phillip, Dan & Bryn

Thu 11.1: Abbie, Eliza, & Sam

Fri 11.2: Jordan, Holland & Andrew

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Election Day Poll Coverage (Tue 11/6)

You will staff a few tables in the alcove of the café. People will use the iPads/laptops to vote. We do need support from your teachers to make this work, so please get in touch with them to work with your class schedules.

D: Bryn
G: Abbie & Dan
Break: Holland, Sam & Claire
E: Andrew, Lena & Jordan
Lunch: Sara, Abbie & Philip
F: Alberto

Day 17

BRING AP STYLEBOOK TO FRIDAY'S CLASS. WE'LL MEET IN THE ANNEX!!

1. Team Meetings
Briefs due

A Team: Article Ideas — what are you writing for the next deadline?
B Team: Second draft (google) — don't forget hotlinks & fill out the rubric
C Team: First Draft (google) — don't forget hotlinks & fill out the rubric

2. COD: Holland & Abbie — work on session questions. Research panelists' bios.

3. A little news QUIZ ... how much do you know. You must work alone. You can use The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the SF Chronicle, or the LA Times to find the answers.

Send your answers to MARY in an email.

Day 16: editorial discussion and more

1. Team Meetings
A Team: final draft due (website): make sure there are a minimum of three hotlinks in the final article
B Team: Work on article — graphics check-in
C Team: Work on draft — graphics check-in

2. Class discussion
Lena will lead the class in a discussion pertaining to her team's larger article: ADD/ADHD, medication use and abuse, diagnosis, etc.

3. As time permits
COD: what we're in charge of and how we can make it awesome.

Day 15

Brief due
A Team: Second draft due (google)
B Team: first draft (google)
C Team: Who's writing what? Key interviews?

Review of some key points
1. Keep yourself out of the story
2. Don't source your friends, your family, your team mates
3. Find what you think if your best story thus far, use the rubrics from the blog and see how you did.

Day 14: Check-ins, COD, and more

A Team: check-in about article
B Team: check-in about article
C Team: final draft due!

Class time
1. COD schedule: The Voice needs three people at every session. Each session will be videoed, and a short brief will be written. The brief must contain a minimum of four sources. We need to divide up coverage and write a letter to teachers about missing classes.

Thu
D: Holland & Abbie
E: Jordan & Philip (photo)
F: & Lena (Jenny)
G: Abbie

Fri
A: class is attending
C: Sara & Claire (Bob) & Sam & Abbie (Nancy) & Eliza
B: Bryn (Chris), Andrew

2. The logistics of voter registration and election day: We are going to register voters the week of 10/29 - 11/2 for the MA Presidential election . This will require staffing a table in the café during lunch. We will need three people at each lunch working the voter registration table:

Mon 10/29: Lena & Claire & Alberto
Tue 10/30: Sara & Philip & Dan & Bryn
Thu 11/1: Abbie & Eliza & Sam
Fri 11/2: Jordan & Holland & Andrew

3. On election day (Tuesday November 6) we will have the polls open from 7:45AM - 3PM. All adults and students who registered are eligible to vote. We just need to create a schedule for keeping the polls open.

D: Bryn
G: Abbie & Dan
Break: Holland & Sam & Claire
E: Andrew & Lena & Jordan
Lunch: Sara & Abbie & Philip
F: Alberto

For both registration and election day, we will need to create google forms. The forms will ensue anonymous voting and quick and easy results. For registration, the form needs to be as similar to the real voter registration document as possible. For election day, we want the form to look like the real ballot and include

4. Working on our session:

• Decoding the Spin:  Looking for Truth in Election Coverage: Mary’s Journalism students will join Eugene Kiely, Deputy Director of Factcheck.org, SF Chronicle political blogger Joe Garofoli, Bay Area News Group political writer Josh Richman, and former journalism professor and current UC-Berkeley Librarian Tom Leonard for a conversation about how to find the truth amidst the avalanche of contradictory claims in the coverage of American elections.

Day 13

1. Team check-ins
2. Graphic needs?
3. Discussion about Jordan's graphic
4. Complete previous in-class work (national/international stories with MA angle)
5. Work on articles

What's due today:
Briefs
A Team: First draft due (google)
B Team: Article Ideas
C Team: work on draft

Day 12: No homework but ...

1. Check-in with team leaders
2. Graphics needs
3. Find 10 national/international stories and localize them to MA. Post the original story as a comment to this blog and your localized story idea, too.

Day 11: I skipped a day

1. Check-in with groups
2. Briefs due!

A Team: Article Ideas
B Team: Final due Friday (upload to website)
C Team: second draft due (google)

The challenge: 60 minute story. Interview, write, publish a story before the end of class!

Day 9: Check-in & practice reporting

1. Check-in with team leaders. Questions? Comments? Concerns? Graphics?

A Team: Final due
B Team: work on draft
C Team: work on draft

2. Practice news reporting: Follow the directions and get writing. Work alone. When you are done, please print out your news story and hand it in.

Day 8: More of the same

Briefs Due! Are they in?

Team check-ins
A Team: drafting ... how's it coming along?
B Team: Second draft to google. Is it there?
C Team: First draft to google. Is it there?

Class discussion
Big stories to cover this year?

Staff photos!

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Day 7: Staff bios, take 2

Team Check-ins
A Team: Second draft (google)
B Team: First draft (google)
C Team: Final due (upload to website)

Graphic needs for upcoming pieces?

Class work
Staff bios: write your own bio in 100 words or less. Let's go for a more serious tone than prior years.

Day 6: more practice and some bios

1. All briefs due. Are they in?

2. Team check ins:

• A Team: First draft due (google docs!)
• B Team: brainstorm ideas/start working on article. Team leader fill in chart
• C Team: work on article

3. Practice article review. Work in pairs and review leads and facts. Post both leads to this blog post comment section. Discuss.

4. As time permits, work on staff bios.

5. FRIDAY WE WILL MEET IN THE ANNEX!!

Day 5: writing practice

1. Team check-ins (5 mins)

• A Team: check-in about next article
• B Team: make sure everything is up on website
• C Team: drafts should be shared with themavoice@gmail.com

2. Editors edit! Staffers write.

• Review of the 5W+H -- all elements required for a strong lead (nut graf)
• Quote patterns (get someone else's voice in there no later than the third paragraph)
• Using the first rubric as your guide and the facts provided, please write two articles.

3. Share & compare: what's the best lead

Day 4: Computer Lab

1. Briefs: get them uploaded to the website.

2. Team check in: A Team (next articles), B Team (draft on google?), C Team (working on draft).

3. How do we email people?

4. How do we interview? In person!! Over the phone!!

5. What works well in an article? Citing sources, structure, etc

Day 3: Computer Lab

What's on the schedule today:

1. Group A: what do you have to hand in? Group B & C: what's going on?

2. Review article (compare with rubrics -- note # of sources). Keep in mind how you ask questions, how to get in touch with people (always identify that you're writing for The Voice, use proper grammar, and give a summary of the story and why that source is needed), and that all interviews happen in person or over the phone. NO FACEBOOK. NO EMAIL!

3. How to upload an article

4. How to prep a photo for upload

5. Staff bios

6. Questions about briefs??

7. Surveys!

College Edition Syllabus

Here it is.

Profile Edition Ideas

Ideas from class are HERE!

Much more organized spreadsheet with all the info.