Day 33: draft due ... check-ins & graphics

1. Draft due. Is it shared w gmail account?
2. Check-ins. Create homework assignment for yourself.
3. Final due on Friday. What is your graphic?

Day 31: draft due and check-ins

1. Draft due ... who's got what? (individual check-ins with Mary)
2. Final brief due on Thursday. Confirm what you're doing and make it great!
3. Interviews needed and voices you're going to get for the final article.

Day 27: Articles due. Final pieces ...

1. Articles due. What's in? What's missing?
2. What's next? --> final article will be due on Friday Dec 11. We will draft as usual (drafts due first meeting of each week, but during the final full week of classes, we will have a draft due on Monday and Friday. Today: write your pitch for your next article. We will review these as a class on Wednesday (and Friday).
3. Briefs due on Wednesday.

Day 23/24: Research for articles

1. Draft 1 due. What do you have? Anything cool to share?
2. Research 5-7 articles that could help your article. Think hyperlinks, experts to support your ideas, insight you'd like to confirm or investigate here on campus.
3. Brief due on Wednesday. 2nd draft of article due on Monday.
4. Schedule an interview for A block on Monday.

Day 19: upcoming schedule & article pitches

1. What's coming up. Briefs on Thursday. First draft of articles due next week (Monday). Final is due mid-November.
2. Write your article pitch. Why would anyone want to read the article. You'll read the pitch to the group, we'll discuss, we'll say yes or no. We'll make it better.

Day 18: Article ideas

Please use THIS FORM to come up with article ideas for the next edition.

Day 17: drafts, one-on-one check-ins, graphics?

1. drafts to gmail account
2. what's your graphic?
3. style work

Day 16: Draft 1.5, interviews & style work

Not necessarily in this order ...

1. Articles shared with gmail account? Check-ins. Let's start thinking about graphics. What are you doing?
2. Interviews ... who do you still need to talk to?
3. Style work

Day 15: briefs due, article check-ins, interviews and more

1. Briefs due.
2. Article check-ins. What are you working on?
3. Who are you interviewing. You have 30 minutes of class time to get interviews done.
4. AP Style work as time permits.

Day 14: article drafts due, check-ins, and AP style fun!

1. Article drafts shared with gmail account?
2. Comments, questions, concerns about articles. Goals for this week: schedule one interview during A block on Wednesday. Schedule another interview for A block on Friday. You will get 30 minutes of class during which you can use to interview.
3. AP style fun!!

Day 13: Briefs, article check-ins and formulating question

1. Briefs uploaded and ready to go. Do you want to change? Remain the same?
2. Check-ins about articles.

• Flesh out guiding question. What is it you're investigating? Looking for? Looking into? -- 10 minutes to work alone and then share with class.
• Feedback. Would you want to read that article?
• Who are must-have interviews?

3. AP Style work as time permits.

Day 12: articles due, new ideas, AP style fun

1. Articles and graphics uploaded and ready for review on mavoice.org? Link to Facebook.
2. Next edition ... live Oct 21. Brainstorm ideas and who wants to write what?
3. AP style fun.

Day 11: Briefs due, article checkin-ins and more

1. Are all briefs up and ready to go?
2. Graphic check-in. What's left to do on articles? Article 1 due
3. Cleaning up your Copy --> work through this course to brush up on some grammar essentials. Send me a course report when you are done.

Day 10: Article drafts due, check-ins and some editing practice

1. All articles should be updated and shared with gmail account. One-on-one review with Mary. Also check-in about briefs
2. Graphic ideas? What is each person bringing to the article in terms or photos or video?
3. While not checking in with Mary, please schedule interviews, look for sources, think about hyperlinks, etc.

Day 9: News Briefs due; work on profiles

1. All briefs should be uploaded before class. Henry edits!
2. Staffers work on profiles. Due at end of class, both in print to Eugenie and emailed to Mary.

Second draft of article due on Tuesday.

Day 8: uploading, checking-in & working on profiles

Review: How do you upload an article/brief? All drafts go to gmail account via google docs. Make sure you write briefs in google docs OR directly into a post. Submit for review when done and graphic is uploaded.

Check-in: how were other interviews? How is the progress? Any questions on briefs?

Write: Continue to work on your peer profile. Due at close of class period on Friday. Double spaced. Handed in to Eugenie.

Day 7: Article check-ins, interview recaps, and more!

1. Review of interviews. How do you know what's good information versus useless information? What can we learn from each other?
2. Class discussion: Checking in about articles and what interviews you need to get? Who are the experts? What groups need a voice?
3. Peer profiles (see handout). Interview and write. This is an in-class activity, so no need to complete today. Goal is to complete by Friday Sept 18. You will need to submit a graphic or photo with this piece.

Partners:
Emma/Jon
Dylan/Celine
Lije/Astra

Day 6: News Briefs & Interviewing

1. Review of News Brief. Working in partners, share what's good and needs work. Review as class. What makes a news brief different than a fully fleshed out article?
2. Defining News Briefs for each idea. What are readers looking for? What's the length and format? Everyone needs a graphic or video.
3. Interviewing Basics
4. Worksheet

Day 5: Article ideas and assigning

1. Discussion of top article ideas. Generation of even more!
2. Assigning of articles. Fleshing out ideas and angles. These articles will go live Sept 29.
3. Interviewing Basics
4. Intro News Briefs as time permits

Day 4: Review of writing and more practice

1. Working in groups, what comments were made on your articles? How did your work compare to others? What big style things did you learn? How can you improve your work for the next time?

2. Large group discussion on writing.

3. Working in partners, review the homework. What do you notice? What parts were done well? What parts were not done well.

4. Large group discussion.

5. Write another practice news piece from handout. 40 minutes to execute and print.

Day 3: Article connections to MA, News writing

1. Review homework and connections between world stories and MA.
2. Review of news story structure (handout)
3. Use one homework article and label LQTQ structure
4. Look at rubric
5. Practice new stories // review with editors

Day 2: What is news? What makes news?

1. Continuation of discussion around Prison and Math article. How do facts and opinion manifest themselves differently in the two pieces?

2. What makes news news? A quick video. What elements go into making something news?

3. Short powerpoint. Fill in vocab sheet with slideshow.

4. Use news websites to find examples of each news value term. You can work in partners. Share out as class.

5. What would be some ideas for news stories on campus?

Day 1: We begin. What is news?

1. Name a celebrity.
2. “How do you know about this person?” (What news sources have you used to learn about this person?)
3. “What makes something news?” (What's the news of the day? What's important to you right now? Important on local, state, national, international level?)

Powerpoint!

Complete News of Not News Handout. Discuss

For other pieces, please read them both and determine which one is news and which one is opinion. Underline or highlight facts and opinion statements in both pieces as supporting evidence. Are there facts and opinions highlighted in both? Why or why not?

Rolling Stone & Good reporting

Read this

Then read this

Then read this

And finally this

Now let's talk.

Let's check out some top articles

Best of SNO

Please post a response to the following:
1. Top three articles
2. 5 articles ideas we can localize to MA
3. Graphics, infographics ideas we can steal

Please list links to the articles in your comments.

Day 56.98: Infographics!

Find five infographics that are awesome. Put the link in the comment section of this post. And please include 3-5 lines as to why the infographic is so cool, how it communicates information, and what style piece you can steal from it. 3-5 lines per inforgraphic found.

Day 12: Drafts due. Brian Williams reading and writing.

1. Drafts due. Shared with editors.
2. Read these articles:

SPJ Code of Ethics

Brian Williams NYT

The Act of Rigorous Forgiving

Poynter

Answer the following questions in the comment section of this post.

1. Using the SPJ Code of Ethics, what are the three major infractions Brian Williams has committed?
2. Do you agree with how David Brooks suggests the media and the public handle this situation?
3. Why do you think it's so hard for journalists to leave themselves out of major stories? What do journalists need to do to remind themselves that the story isn't about the reporter?
4. How do you think Brian Williams should be reprimanded for his actions? Take into account what others have suggested and think about the code of ethics.

I would suggest you write in a google doc and then paste into the comment section. Make sure you write your name on the post. Due at the end of class.

If done before the end of the block, start working on brief or article.

Day 10: Articles due, next articles & more

1. Article 1 due --> graphics up? articles ready?
2. Next round
1. Must cover ideas
1. BYOD
2. Matt Richtel @ MA
3. Robert -- same article
3. Other ideas?? Look at article ideas.
4. These go live Wednesday March 4

Once assigning is over --> back to those video profiles.

Day 6: Drafts & video profile

1. Drafts shared with themavoice@gmail.com

2. Get down to work on video profiles. Each group gets an iPad.

The video profile!!

Must include:
1. Interviewed person speaking on camera
2. Interviewed person doing something they love
3. Music with photos
4. Voice-over (yours) with photos of interviewed person
5. Something in fast forward
6. Minimum of 2 title slides

Partners:
Robert & Emma
Philip & Sara
Milton& Alex
Bryn & Hannah

Day #5: briefs and working on video profiles

1. Briefs uploaded ....
2. Once all briefs are uploaded, break into partners and get interviewing.

The video profile!!

Must include:
1. Interviewed person speaking on camera
2. Interviewed person doing something they love
3. Music with photos
4. Voice-over (yours) with photos of interviewed person
5. Something in fast forward
6. Minimum of 2 title slides

Partners:
Robert & Emma
Philip & Sara
Milton& Alex
Bryn --> absent

Hannah -- with whom do you want to work?

Day 4: First drafts & News Value & Video Profiles

First drafts to themavoice@gmail.com

1. Editors edit drafts.
2. Staffers complete news value handout.
3. Staffers check in with Mary to review your articles.
3a. Review how to upload to mavoice.org
4. Interviewing your peers. The video profile!!

Must include:
1. Interviewed person speaking on camera
2. Interviewed person doing something they love
3. Music with photos
4. Voice-over (yours) with photos of interviewed person
5. Something in fast forward
6. Minimum of 2 title slides

Partners:
Robert & Henry
Philip & Milton
Sara & Alex
Bryn & Emma

Hannah ... with whom do you want to work?

Day 2: Article ideas & briefs

1. What are the best article ideas? What do you want to write? Assigning articles --> looking for breadth or stories and balanced coverage across all sections.
2. What brief do you want to commit to for 3 weeks?
3. Reading and writing news ... read this piece. What do you notice? What is the difference between an essay and a news piece? Keep in mind news judgement.

Any merits for an article idea from this piece?

Day 1: Spring 2015!

1. What we do in this class
2. How we do it
1. Editors: Sarah, Philip, Henry
2. Veterans: Bryn
3. Review of course expectations:
1. communication (make sure you keep your emails to people professional and your communication with editors/advisor abundant)
2. interviews (in-person, FaceTime, phone --> all ok. EMAIL IS NOT OK!)
3. graphics (every article needs a graphic, as does every brief.)
4. Timeline of article due dates & briefs: first class of week article draft (4 in total this semester); second class of week brief (14 in total this semester); third class of each week is bonus day!
5. Senior speech recording --> do we want to do this? Who is going to organize? Not me.
6. iPads & apps for iPhone --> recording app (VoiceRecord Pro, twisted wave, soundcloud)
7. Important email to know: themavoice@gmail.com (share all google docs and drafts with this email account)
8. Our newspaper website: mavoice.org (upload all briefs and final articles to this website -- more details to follow)
9. Our class blog: themavoice.blogspot.com
10. Article Ideas