Friday, December 11, 2015

Assignment for Tuesday, December 15

Write at least one page of your news article (for students working in groups, that's one page per person), and bring a printed copy of your news article to class.


Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Assignment for Friday, December 11

Read and annotate Ch. 9 of Blur (pp. 170-197). We will read and discuss the Epilogue in class.

In addition, continue working on your news article.


Friday, December 4, 2015

Assignment for Monday, December 7 and Wednesday, December 9

In Blur, read and annotate Ch. 5 ("Sources" Where Did This Come From?") and about half of Ch. 6 ("Evidence and the Journalism of Verification"). For Wednesday, you will need to read the remainder of Ch. 6 and all of Ch. 8 ("How to Find What Really Matters"). Do not read Ch. 7.

Also, on Monday, come to class with a topic for the news article you will write. (See the assignment posted to the right.)