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SYLLABUS REVIEWJNL 1102, Reporting and Writing IProfessor Linda AustinNational Management CollegeJune 2015
Learning objectives:Identify good journalism: • Accurate• Clear• Audience-
focused• Newsworthy• Objective• Fair• Reported
ethically and without libel
Learning objectives:Demonstrate basic news writing skills: • Summary
news leads• Inverted-
pyramid stories
• Attribution• Quotes• Context – so
what?• Background
Learning objectives:Demonstrate basic reporting skills: • Interviewing• Observation• Basic math• Reference
materials• The Internet• Social media• Databases
Required materials:Textbook: Writing and Reporting News: A Basic Handbook
Required materials:Accuracy Checklist for Journalists
Required materials:Follow the news:• BBC Faceboo
k• Irrawaddy Fa
cebook
Required materials:• Notebooks• 2 pens
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Other materials:• Free Quizlet
app for vocabulary study
• Glossary on page xiv of textbook
Attendance:• No excused
absences• Late is the same as
absent.• Zero on any work
missed• 2 lowest grades on
in-class writing assignments are dropped.
• 2 lowest grades on quizzes are dropped.
• Final exam, midterm exam and outside writing assignment cannot be dropped.
Outside writing assignment:
• Pitch an idea by July 27
• Draft due Aug. 21• Final story due
Sept. 4• 600-800 words• Grade cannot be
dropped• Part of final exam
Quizzes and tests:• Quiz on most
Mondays that covers news, lectures and textbook readings from the previous week.
• Midterm and final exams are writing stories in class.
• In addition, part of the final exam is the outside writing assignment.
Class participation:
• Asking questions and participating in discussions helps others.
• Class participation will be part of your final grade.
Accuracy:• Any major
error of fact will result in a zero on that assignment.
Deadlines• No late
assignments will be accepted.
• You will receive a zero.
Grading of stories:
• Lead (intro)• Content• Attribution• Organization• Writing
Final grade:• 80 marks = final
exam• 6 marks = Tutorial
No. 1: quizzes, in-class writing assignments, class participation
• 8 marks = Tutorial #2: midterm in-class writing assignment
• 6 marks = Tutorial #3: quizzes, in-class writing assignments, class participation
Classroom etiquette:
• Cell phones off.
• No interrupting.
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Academic integrity
• No cheating• No fabricating• No plagiarizing
Course schedule
• Read textbook assignments before the week dedicated to that topic.
• Most Mondays, a quiz on news, readings and lectures discussed in the previous week
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