For these weeks, we will:
- Discuss and review examples of the third reporting assignment
- Review and practice "summary ledes"
- Review the "inverted pyramid" format
- Learn tips and tricks in organizing the information in your traditional news story
- Begin work on the third reporting assignment - draft due Oct. 20/graded version due Oct. 25
- Begin work on the new audio assignment - due Nov. 1
- Here are the chapters that we have covered and/or will cover (up to this point in the semester):
- 2: Selecting and Reporting the News
- 5: Libel, Privacy and Newsgathering Issues
- 6: Ethics
- 7: Basic News Leads
- 8: Alternative Leads
- 9: The Body of a News Story
- 10: Quotations and Attributions
- 11: Interviewing
- 12: Writing for Radio and TV News
- 17: Feature Writing
