Day #6: Drafts due, brief check-ins, profile writing

1. Drafts due. Are they all in? Shared with gmail account?
2. Questions, comments, concerns about next round of Briefs?
3. Senior speech recording schedule
4. Check in with Francesca and Ari about making polls
5. Get to writing your partner's profile. You have 200-250 words. The tone is light but serious. You want to be informative and interesting. Please don't share your work with your partner until you're done. And no questions asked during the writing process. This is a little mini test of your interviewing skills.
6. As time permits ... intro the work for the next few days.

Another great recording app for iPhones and iPads.

Day #5: Briefs, article check-in, profile writing and more

1. Are your briefs uploaded, graphic uploaded, and ready for review?

2. Everyone ready to go for the second round of briefs? Next one is due on Wed 1/29.

3. Article check-in. First drafts due on  Monday. Questions about sharing via google doc? Questions about interviews? Questions about anything? Don't forget the rubric (printed out and handed in to Mary).

Day #4: Rubrics, uploading, brief check-in ....

1. Check in about briefs -- graphics/pictures. Questions? Concerns?
2. Rubrics -- how to use them, where are they, what do they ask of you?
3. Practice interviewing (in pairs, write a 200 word staff profile on your partner)

Day 3: Review briefs, article ideas and assigning and staff bios

1. Do you know what you're doing for your brief? It is due on Thu 1/23. What will your graphic be?
2. Article assigning. --> once assigned, who are must interviews? how to use the rubrics.
3. Interview tips, tactics, and musts (record, record, record)
4. Staff bios: your chance for glory!

Article Ideas #1

Please post two article ideas for each section (A&E, News, Opinion, Feature, Sports). Read the prior posts so you don't suggest the same ideas. Along with the idea, please include who needs to be interviewed (think experts on campus and off) and how this relates to the MA community.

Good work!

Day 2: Review your news articles & more

• Working with a partner, look over the structure of your news articles.
• Identify the 5 Ws and H
• How long is the lead? Active voice?
• In what paragraph is the first quote?
• How does the author transition? (words, phrases, etc)
• What is the focus of the article?
• Discuss the structure!
• Brief ideas and assigning (first one due Thu 1/23)
• Article ideas and assigning (first draft due Mon 1/27)
• Rubrics: what you need to look for in each draft

Day 1: Semester 2 begins

1. What we do in this class
2. How we do it
1. Editors: Morgan, Taylor, Sarah & Philip
2. Review of course expectations: communication, interviews, graphics
3. Timeline of article due dates & briefs: first class of week article draft (5 in total this semester); second class of week brief (16 in total this semester); third class of each week is bonus day!
4. Senior speech recording schedule
5. iPads & apps for iPhone
6. Important email to know: themavoice@gmail.com (share all google docs and drafts with this email account)
7. Our website: mavoice.org (upload all briefs and final articles to this website -- more details to follow)
8. Writing basics