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.

Day 2: Interviewing & a profile

• Review of homework. What's the importance of figuring out the news value BEFORE the writing process?
• Let's learn about interviewing!
• Katie Couric on a good interview
• Take aways ....
• What to use for an interview
• In person
• Skype/FaceTime
• Phone
• How to capture the interview
• Audio recording
• Video recording
• Think about how you want to use the interview in your article. Always better to have more material and in few formats.
• Planning the interview
• How NOT to plan
• Questions to ask yourself: What do I know about my story? Who will best serve as sources for my story?
• What preliminary research is needed?
• How to plan
• Developing Questions
• Consider the 5 Ws and H
• Make sure your questions allow you to get detailed responses
• Open-ended questions are essential
• Have a long list of prepared questions, but be prepared to listen!
• The Interview
• Always let your source know BEFOREHAND that you will be recording the interview.
• Start informally and then move onto larger topics.
• Rephrase questions for clarification. It's ok to make sure you get it right.
• Be ready to answer follow-up questions
• Always ask -- is there anything else you'd like to add?
• Post-interview
• Transcribe the interview accurately.
• Your assignment: interview a classmate for a profile piece. Piece must be 500-700 words long, and it must include a minimum of three sources (one of which is your classmate).

Editors work on assignment calendar, and a few other things.

Partners:
Matt & Holland
Paul & Maddy
Julia & Bryn
Juliet & Sarah
Adriana & Georgia

Semester 1 Begins: Fall 2014!

1. What we do in this class
2. How we do it
1. Editors: Sarah, Philip, Henry
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 schedule ... the first few scheduled
1. Philip: Tue 9/2
2. Sara: Thu 9/4
3. Henry: Wed 9/10
4. Holland: Fri 9/12
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. News judgment