Basic News Writing

mstd 104-01 Tu Thr 11-12:15 p.m. Porterfield 173
mstd 104-02 Tu Thr 12:30-01:45 p.m. Porterfield 173

Texts: Associated Press Stylebook and Tim Harrower's Inside Reporting, with online chapter-by-chapter quizzes, workbook exercises, and more. Read more state, local, major daily u.s. national and eclectic international news!

Syllabus (PDF version, updated 9/9/08) -- including "Due Tuesdays" and "Due Thursdays" weekly assignments and 9/9 addition: December final exam schedule.

First week interview assignment: StudentStory (class notes 09/04)

Newsworthiness handout from 09/09

Specialized Journalism

mstd 404-01 MWF 1 p.m.-1:50 p.m. Porterfield 173

Texts: For reference you should still have an AP Stylebook (any recent year) and any reporting text from a previous class: Harrower's Inside Reporting, Melvin Mencher's News Reporting & Writing, Carole Rich's Writing and Reporting the News, or another news writing book. You also should have the news-reading habit.

Download texts:

• Journalism 2.0
• Chapter 2 from The New Precision Journalism (1991):
  Some Elements of Data Analysis. (Recommended for further study, the book's newer 4th edition.)

Other assigned readings will be in newspapers or magazines, online, at the library, or given out in class.

December final projects will be discussed online at stepno404.pbwiki.com

Syllabus

Media History

mstd 300-01 MWF 3-3:50 p.m. Walker 295

Text: Mitchell Stephens, A History of News. Get to know the author here, here, here and here. Other assigned readings will be online, at the library, or given out in class. Check my bookmarks at http://del.icio.us/bstepno/history (add a "+" sign and any media-related term to see if I have tagged more specific links, such as http://del.icio.us/bstepno/history+internet)

Syllabus: Original as PDF but also see assignment deadline changes in the Revised timetable for "News Era" and "Birthday Week" projects, as passed out in class Oct. 13

Discussion wiki: http://stepno300.pbwiki.com (by invitation only) and Digital Archives research links on wiki (backup copy, no password required).

Other notes: October 8-24 discussions: time period / media issues spreadsheet (or PDF version)

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