1. Team Meetings
A Team: final draft due (website): make sure there are a minimum of three hotlinks in the final article
B Team: Work on article — graphics check-in
C Team: Work on draft — graphics check-in
2. Class discussion
Lena will lead the class in a discussion pertaining to her team's larger article: ADD/ADHD, medication use and abuse, diagnosis, etc.
3. As time permits
COD: what we're in charge of and how we can make it awesome.
11 comments:
Questions for the Panel (Sam Russell)
Have people been angry with you because of something you have reported? If so, what for?
Do you find it frustrating that people continue to hear and say things that just aren't true?
How do you look back on the early years of your career as a journalist? Would you change anything?
Do the people you go to for information find you annoying? Does anybody disrespect you for what you do?
Claire's Questions
1. How do you keep the tone of your articles objective for topics you have strong opinions on?
2. How do you go about uncovering facts for your story? Where do you start?
3. What are some mistakes you have made as a journalist?
4. What is the most valuable thing you’ve learned as an investigative journalist?
Questions for COD panel
What got you interested in journalism?
Can you talk a little bit a about your writing process?
Have you ever received any kind of public backlash for anything you've written?
What is the hardest story you had to write?
1. What are some negative experiences and reactions that you have faced regarding your involvement with Investigative journalism?
2. Through the BALCO case how were you able to keep your sources secret? What were your motives behind not revealing your sources?
3. What has journalism taught you about truth, fact, and opinion?
4. What are some things you have done wrong in your carrer?
5. How could the media be seen as the "fourth branch of government"? In a general sense, what is media's impact on society?
What is an untrue fact that you know of that has gotten out of control, meaning it gets everywhere and people are thinking it to be true when it isn’t?
What are some examples in the current election of where you would put your fact checking to work?
Have there been some things people say that you can’t prove as either true or false? What are some examples?
Has your morals ever been put into question regarding an article or a fact?
Questions for Panel:
-What is your least favorite part of journalism?
-If you could do any other job, what would you do? Why?
-Why do you think journalism is important?
COD Questions:
How has the internet and the ability to post news instantaneously influenced the value of truth in the news?
With so many rumors and made up statistics projected on people, how can we determine what is fact and what is fake?
Thus far, how have facts been distorted in the presidential elections?
How do false facts become accepted as fact?
Questions for COD:
In this age of digital media, how do you keep news fresh for the next morning and be sure of the truth, which readers asume to be true?
In what ways have your careers as journalists changed since you became journalists because of the internet, specifically with the use social networking and blogs?
What advice do you have for students here, about what to believe online, and how to be sure of information, because almost every person in the world has the ability to post what ever they believe on the internet?
How does immediate access to fact checking affect a political campaign, and to what extent will it sway voters?
How has journalism changed recently, due to the increased access of facts and opinions?
What is your role in journalism: Do you see yourself trying to sway voters' minds? Or do you just try to put out informations for people to form their own opinions?
Daniel McCann's questions:
Do you think that enough people are paying attention to fact checking sites?
Is the general public skeptical enough of major political figures?
Which journalistic sources do you find most credible?
Do you think there is an effective way to quell a widely propagated myth?
Alberto's Questions
Has your personal bias ever affected your ability to report the truth?
What inspired you to become an advocate of the truth, and report those who lie?
How does your bias affect what you want to report on
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