Sarasota Herald-Tribune

What does this mean?

2012 Journalism

2012 Journalism

You each are going to start a blog

2012 Journalism

You each are going to start a blog WordPress is recommended

2012 Journalism

You each are going to start a blog WordPress is recommended You’ll start posting your stories

there... for all the world to see (especially friends, fam, potential employers, celebrities, etc.)

2012 Journalism

You each are going to start a blog WordPress is recommended You’ll start posting your stories

there... for all the world to see (especially friends, fam, potential employers, celebrities, etc.)

If anybody comes across a theme for an LAF-wide newspaper, we’ll go with it

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We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics

2012 Journalism

We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics

Beats

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We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics

Beats, accidents and disasters

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We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics

Beats, accidents and disasters, crime

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We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics

Beats, accidents and disasters, crime, speeches and meetings

2012 Journalism

We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics

Beats, accidents and disasters, crime, speeches and meetings, politics

2012 Journalism

We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics

Beats, accidents and disasters, crime, speeches and meetings, politics, sports

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Broadcast journalism

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Broadcast journalism Writing for television and radio

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Broadcast journalism Writing for television and radio Being on camera and on-air

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Broadcast journalism Writing for television and radio Being on camera and on-air Take a tour of WWSB... ABC 7

Sarasota

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Broadcast journalism Writing for television and radio Being on camera and on-air Take a tour of WWSB... ABC 7

Sarasota Law and ethics: libel, privacy,

copyright law, taste and decency, ethics

2012 Journalism

Broadcast journalism Writing for television and radio Being on camera and on-air Take a tour of WWSB... ABC 7

Sarasota Law and ethics: libel, privacy,

copyright law, taste and decency, ethics

Public relations: general PR, product publicity, social media, crisis communications, news releases, etc.

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We’re even going to sample entertainment writing: reviews of movies, restaurants, arts

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We’re even going to sample entertainment writing: reviews of movies, restaurants, arts

We’ll write some editorials and opinion columns

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But we’re never going to stray too far from our firm foundation: what is news (I can never prepare pancakes in England)

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But we’re never going to stray too far from our firm foundation: what is news (I can never prepare pancakes in England), the five Ws and an H

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But we’re never going to stray too far from our firm foundation: what is news (I can never prepare pancakes in England), the five Ws and an H, inverted pyramid and hard-news writing

2012 Journalism

But we’re never going to stray too far from our firm foundation: what is news (I can never prepare pancakes in England), the five Ws and an H, inverted pyramid and hard-news writing

These will remain the most important parts of journalism for the foreseeable future

Assignment for January 10

Go to wordpress.org

Assignment for January 10

Go to wordpress.org Select a theme for your blog and

come up with a name for your blog

Assignment for January 10

Go to wordpress.org Select a theme for your blog and

come up with a name for your blog Next week in class we’ll register your

blog and get it started

Assignment for January 10

Read pages 89-99 of Inside Reporting

Read pages 203-214 of Telling the Story

Assignment for January 10

Read pages 89-99 of Inside Reporting

Read pages 203-214 of Telling the Story

Write a 350-word story: you have just been hired by the Washington Post. The editors offer you any beat on the paper. What beat would you choose? Why? How would you get started? Who are your key contacts? What story would you write first? Use the information from your readings.