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KEY DATES:
(Links here are to assignment instructions and/or study guide)
* Class, Thursday, Sept. 27 - Assignment #1 is due
* Noon, Sunday, Oct. 14 - Assignment #2 is due via BlackBoard
* 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 25 - Midterm will be administered
* Noon, Sunday, Nov. 18 - Assignment #3 is due via BlackBoard
* Noon, Sunday, Nov. 25 - Movie Paper is due via BlackBoard
* 8 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11 - Final submitted via BlackBoard (no late papers will be accepted)
WEEK 1.
Tuesday, Aug 28: Course introduction, learning objectives, personal introductions.
Thursday, Aug. 30: Read Gaines, Chap. 1 (pp. 1-21) (ppt)
WEEK 2.
Tuesday, Sept. 4: Read Gaines, Chap. 2 (pp. 23-49) and Cullier & Davis, Chap. 3 (pp. 39-62) (ppt)
Thursday, Sept. 6: Read Gaines, Chap. 3 (pp. 51-75) and Cullier & Davis, Chap. 4 (pp. 64-84) (ppt)
* Story Pitch due
WEEK 3.
Tuesday, Sept. 11: Cullier & Davis, Chap. 5 (pp. 86-113) (ppt)
Thursday, Sept. 13: Read Cullier & Davis, Chap. 6 (pp. 114-136) and CJR story on Toledo Blade/Charlottesville coverage
Study web sources in class
WEEK 4.
Tuesday, Sept. 18: Discuss Assignment #1
Thursday, Sept. 20: Read the following articles:
Details about manhunt suspect suggest violent past by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
Casino bus not always a bargain by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
The rise and fall of a New London sober-living operation by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
Norwich police add 8 surveillance cameras to network by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
New London officer under investigation after allegedly striking cuffed man by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
Guest speaker Lindsay Boyle, cops reporter, The Day (New London, Conn.)
* Due FOIA request
WEEK 5.
Tuesday, Sept. 25: Read Gaines, Chap. 6 (pp. 131-152) and Journalist's Resource article
In-class discussion on how our court system works, police, courts, prisons ("Orange is The New Black" clip) (ppt)
Thursday, Sept. 27: More on Courts.
***Due 8 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 27 PRINT or EMAIL - Assignment #1***
WEEK 6.
Tuesday, Oct. 2: Read Gaines, Chap. 7 (pp. 153-176) & Journalist's Resource article (ppt) & Discuss Assignment #2
Thursday, Oct. 4: More on non-profits. Read Understanding the IRS 990 form, as well as "Hale Blew $500G on Hubby's Play," by Heidi Evans and Dave Saltonstall, New York Daily News & "Non-profits can behave badly. So why aren't they overseen like for-profits?" by Washington Post
WEEK 7.
Tuesday, Oct. 9: Investigating the Government. Read Gaines, Chap. 8 (pp. 177-201) & The Donald Trump, Jr./Russia meeting story: How it went down; Also read Fake polls are a real problem & Journalist’s Resource article
Thursday, Oct. 11: Read Gaines, Chap. 9 (pp. 203-222) & Chap. 11 (pp. 249-272) & Journalist's Resource Article
***Due noon, Sunday, Oct. 14 via BlackBoard - Assignment #2***
WEEK 8.
Tuesday, Oct. 16 Subject: Privacy Laws: Legal torts and Privacy Defenses. Read First Amendment Handbook, Chap. 2 (pp. 11-18)
Thursday, Oct. 18 Subject: Surreptitious Recording & Confidential Sources and Information. Read First Amendment Handbook, Chaps. 3 & 4 (pp. 19-34)
WEEK 9.
Tuesday, Oct. 23: Review for Midterm
Thursday, Oct. 25: MIDTERM
WEEK 10.
Tuesday, Oct. 30 Advice from journalists - pay attention to INTERVIEWING (Read this) and Menchner's interviewing principles (Read this); FOR CLASS: Jimmy Breslin's column on JFK's gravedigger
Thursday, Nov. 1 Interviewing politicians and public officials (Read Advice from The Atlantic's Molly Ball)
WEEK 11.
Tuesday, Nov. 6 Practice interviews
Thursday, Nov. 8 Review practice interviews
WEEK 12.
Tuesday, Nov. 13 Ethics and the Interview (Reading TBA)
Thursday, Nov. 15 Workshopping interviews
***Due noon, Sunday, Nov. 18 - Assignment #3***
WEEK 13.
Tuesday, Nov. 20 NO CLASS Read "Church allowed abuse by priests for years" by Spotlight Team, Boston Globe, Jan. 6, 2002
Watch Spotlight (Available at McMahon Center, through Netflix or at BEST Video Film & Cultural Center)
Thursday, Nov. 22 THANKSGIVING Read "The Watergate watershed: A turning point for a nation and a newspaper" by Katharine Graham, Washington Post
& "The Watergate Scandal," History.com
Watch All the President's Men (Available at McMahon Center, available to rent through Amazon Prime or at BEST Video Film & Cultural Center)
*** Paper due noon, Sunday, Nov. 25**
WEEK 14.
Tuesday, Nov. 27 Discuss and begin work on Final
Thursday, Nov. 29 Workshopping Final
WEEK 15.
Tuesday, Dec. 4 Workshopping Final
Thursday, Dec. 6 Workshopping Final
FINALS WEEK
Exam time: Tuesday, Dec. 11, 8 a.m.
(Links here are to assignment instructions and/or study guide)
* Class, Thursday, Sept. 27 - Assignment #1 is due
* Noon, Sunday, Oct. 14 - Assignment #2 is due via BlackBoard
* 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 25 - Midterm will be administered
* Noon, Sunday, Nov. 18 - Assignment #3 is due via BlackBoard
* Noon, Sunday, Nov. 25 - Movie Paper is due via BlackBoard
* 8 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11 - Final submitted via BlackBoard (no late papers will be accepted)
WEEK 1.
Tuesday, Aug 28: Course introduction, learning objectives, personal introductions.
Thursday, Aug. 30: Read Gaines, Chap. 1 (pp. 1-21) (ppt)
WEEK 2.
Tuesday, Sept. 4: Read Gaines, Chap. 2 (pp. 23-49) and Cullier & Davis, Chap. 3 (pp. 39-62) (ppt)
Thursday, Sept. 6: Read Gaines, Chap. 3 (pp. 51-75) and Cullier & Davis, Chap. 4 (pp. 64-84) (ppt)
* Story Pitch due
WEEK 3.
Tuesday, Sept. 11: Cullier & Davis, Chap. 5 (pp. 86-113) (ppt)
Thursday, Sept. 13: Read Cullier & Davis, Chap. 6 (pp. 114-136) and CJR story on Toledo Blade/Charlottesville coverage
Study web sources in class
WEEK 4.
Tuesday, Sept. 18: Discuss Assignment #1
Thursday, Sept. 20: Read the following articles:
Details about manhunt suspect suggest violent past by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
Casino bus not always a bargain by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
The rise and fall of a New London sober-living operation by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
Norwich police add 8 surveillance cameras to network by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
New London officer under investigation after allegedly striking cuffed man by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
Guest speaker Lindsay Boyle, cops reporter, The Day (New London, Conn.)
* Due FOIA request
WEEK 5.
Tuesday, Sept. 25: Read Gaines, Chap. 6 (pp. 131-152) and Journalist's Resource article
In-class discussion on how our court system works, police, courts, prisons ("Orange is The New Black" clip) (ppt)
Thursday, Sept. 27: More on Courts.
***Due 8 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 27 PRINT or EMAIL - Assignment #1***
WEEK 6.
Tuesday, Oct. 2: Read Gaines, Chap. 7 (pp. 153-176) & Journalist's Resource article (ppt) & Discuss Assignment #2
Thursday, Oct. 4: More on non-profits. Read Understanding the IRS 990 form, as well as "Hale Blew $500G on Hubby's Play," by Heidi Evans and Dave Saltonstall, New York Daily News & "Non-profits can behave badly. So why aren't they overseen like for-profits?" by Washington Post
WEEK 7.
Tuesday, Oct. 9: Investigating the Government. Read Gaines, Chap. 8 (pp. 177-201) & The Donald Trump, Jr./Russia meeting story: How it went down; Also read Fake polls are a real problem & Journalist’s Resource article
Thursday, Oct. 11: Read Gaines, Chap. 9 (pp. 203-222) & Chap. 11 (pp. 249-272) & Journalist's Resource Article
***Due noon, Sunday, Oct. 14 via BlackBoard - Assignment #2***
WEEK 8.
Tuesday, Oct. 16 Subject: Privacy Laws: Legal torts and Privacy Defenses. Read First Amendment Handbook, Chap. 2 (pp. 11-18)
Thursday, Oct. 18 Subject: Surreptitious Recording & Confidential Sources and Information. Read First Amendment Handbook, Chaps. 3 & 4 (pp. 19-34)
WEEK 9.
Tuesday, Oct. 23: Review for Midterm
Thursday, Oct. 25: MIDTERM
WEEK 10.
Tuesday, Oct. 30 Advice from journalists - pay attention to INTERVIEWING (Read this) and Menchner's interviewing principles (Read this); FOR CLASS: Jimmy Breslin's column on JFK's gravedigger
Thursday, Nov. 1 Interviewing politicians and public officials (Read Advice from The Atlantic's Molly Ball)
WEEK 11.
Tuesday, Nov. 6 Practice interviews
Thursday, Nov. 8 Review practice interviews
WEEK 12.
Tuesday, Nov. 13 Ethics and the Interview (Reading TBA)
Thursday, Nov. 15 Workshopping interviews
***Due noon, Sunday, Nov. 18 - Assignment #3***
WEEK 13.
Tuesday, Nov. 20 NO CLASS Read "Church allowed abuse by priests for years" by Spotlight Team, Boston Globe, Jan. 6, 2002
Watch Spotlight (Available at McMahon Center, through Netflix or at BEST Video Film & Cultural Center)
Thursday, Nov. 22 THANKSGIVING Read "The Watergate watershed: A turning point for a nation and a newspaper" by Katharine Graham, Washington Post
& "The Watergate Scandal," History.com
Watch All the President's Men (Available at McMahon Center, available to rent through Amazon Prime or at BEST Video Film & Cultural Center)
*** Paper due noon, Sunday, Nov. 25**
WEEK 14.
Tuesday, Nov. 27 Discuss and begin work on Final
Thursday, Nov. 29 Workshopping Final
WEEK 15.
Tuesday, Dec. 4 Workshopping Final
Thursday, Dec. 6 Workshopping Final
FINALS WEEK
Exam time: Tuesday, Dec. 11, 8 a.m.