Goal for staff: Make each day your masterpiece. You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better. Only then will you be able to approach being the best you can be.

Goal for editors & advisor: Define success for those under your leadership as total commitment and effort to the team's welfare. Then show it yourself with your own effort and performance. Most of those you lead will do the same. Those who don't should be encouraged to look for a new team. — John Wooden

Friday, April 26, 2013

Day 29: Briefs and the big article

1. Check-in about briefs: review profile photos, compare & contrast, graphics

2. Continue and finalize the conversation about the final group articles.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Day 28: Articles due & new articles ideas & other stuff

Articles Due

A Team: Article 4 Due
B Team: Article 4 Draft 2 Due
C Team: Article 4 Draft 1 Due

Check-in with editors: missing? graphics? other stuff?

Some inspiration from NYTIMES and ChartGirl

Article assigning for A Team — FINAL ARTICLE! Check out articles with oomph.

First Amendment Question
There's been some talk that the journalism class should do something for Conference on Democracy next fall. What would we do? Something about the First Amendment. So, I ask, what the heck would we do? We have access to some awesome experts, but how would we make this interesting for the entire school (and not just me, Mary)?

Friday, April 19, 2013

Day 27: more article ideas & a game *finally*

1. Continue to work on article ideas.

2. Game time ... Man Bites Dog!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Day 26: More of the same but not the same

1. Briefs due

2. Check-ins ....

3. Some better article ideas. Come on. You can do it. Let's try to step it up a bit. No offense, the ideas as of late have been lame, lame, lame ..... =-( You need to fill out this form six times. Remember: Trend, Change, Problem, Interesting person

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Day 25: The final push!

What's Due
A Team: Article 4 Draft 2 Due
B Team: Article 4 Draft 1 Due
C Team: Article 3 Due

Check-ins
Is everything uploaded? Graphics? Interviews needed?

Article Ideas
let's check out the spreadsheet and add to it. Please add three items to each colum.

Some reading: You Can't Tell Me I Wasn't Raped. A great example of long form journalism from a Palo Alto high school. Maybe an inspiration for us to look beyond the usual as we head into the final push of the semester.