Day 12: articles due, TMZ time, and article ideas

A Team: Article 2.1
B Team: Article 1.3
C Team: Article 1.2

Talk time for C Team ... and graphic needs?
Henry -- athletes going on to college
Holland -- community service
Paul -- Hum Dev program
Julia -- tutorial

New article ideas for B Team ... deadline is 10/22
Philip
Bryn
Maddy

Small things to get done:
Sarah: fix text on thinglink
Sara: push out opinion piece
Work on briefs or next articles (are people ok with current brief)
Senior speeches need editing and uploading (Holland?)
Finish up staff profiles

Day 11: what makes a good photo, staff bios & A Team check-in

Let's look at some tips from Jenny

Write your own staff bio

A Team check-in!

Day 10: First articles go live! Article ideas, TMZ time & photos

A Team: Final to mavoice.org
B Team: Draft 2 to gmail
C Team: Draft 1 to gmail

Article ideas for A Team (deadline Oct 15)
Sarah
Juliet
Matt
Sara

TMZ Time for B Team

Bryn: Uni vs MA

Maddy: Fall Play

How to take a good picture .... Jenny's handout

Day 8: Briefs due, infographics and more

1. Briefs due! Issues? Questions? Comments? Successes? Failures?
2. Check-in about articles/drafts due on Tuesday.

• A Team: final uploaded to mavoice.org. Graphic, too.
• B Team: 2nd draft to themavoice@gmail.com
• C Team: 1st draft to themavoice@gmail.com

3. Infographic lesson. So fun!

Day 7: stuff due & TMZ time

A cool thing to look at ...

1. A Team: 2nd draft. B Team: 1st draft. C team: another transcript.
2. TMZ time. And keep in mind, currency, timeliness, proximity, prominence, conflict, consequence, human interest, & novelty

Sara: College stuff (op)
Juliet: Ferguson backlash & MA (news?)
Matt: Third floor people (feature)
Sarah: Fall sports (sports)

3. Graphics check-in for both A Team and B Team. Can you make/take your own? Who else can help?
4. Briefs due on Wednesday. Any issues? comments? questions?
5. Senior speech schedule

Day 6: Briefs due & some writing work

1. Everyone has a brief!! How are they? Upload issues? Successes to report? Failures?
1a. Looming article deadlines
2. Editors edit briefs
3. Bryn, Holland & Sara --> work on articles or briefs.
4. Julia, Matt, Juliet, Paul, Maddy, Georgia --> some news basics

Day 5: resources for images

1. Article drafts (A Team) & transcripts (B & C Team)
2. Briefs .... ready to go? Who needs a iPad? Infographic help? Other kinds of help?

Cool resources for infographics
http://www.easel.ly/
http://piktochart.com/ (login: themavoice@gmail.com -- password: ilovetomakegraphics)
http://infogr.am/ (login: themavoice2014 -- password:same as piktochart )
https://venngage.com/ (login is same as piktochart)
https://www.thinglink.com


3. Finish up those profiles.

Day 4: Check-in, profile writing and other stuff

1. Article check-in --> first draft due for A Team on 9/9

• all drafting is done via google docs and shared with themavoice@gmail.com
• review the rubric process

2. Briefs --> is everyone set to go? Who will need an iPad? Questions?
3. Check in about receiving website login .... more review on Tuesday.
4. Get interviewing and writing for your profile (400-500 words)

Maddy, Georgia, Holland
Sarah & Juliet
Julia & Bryn

Day 3: Profile work & brief brainstorming

1. 40 mins = work with peer on profile
Matt & Holland, Paul & Maddy, Julia & Bryn, Juliet & Sarah, Henry! & Georgia


2. 40 mins for brainstorming for briefs (2014 ideas, 2013 ideas) and first articles.