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KEY DATES:
(Links here are to assignment instructions and/or study guide)
* Noon, Sunday, Feb. 18 - Assignment #1 is due
* Noon, Thursday, March 15 - Assignment #2 is due
* 8 a.m., Thursday, March 29 - Midterm will be administered
* Noon, Sunday, April 22 - Assignment #3 is due via BlackBoard
* Noon, Sunday, April 29 - Movie Paper is due via BlackBoard
* 8 a.m., Tuesday, May 8 - Final submitted via BlackBoard (no late papers will be accepted)
WEEK 1.
Tuesday, Jan. 23: Course introduction, learning objectives, personal introductions.
Thursday, Jan. 25: Read Gaines, Chap. 1 (pp. 1-21) (ppt)
WEEK 2.
Tuesday, Jan. 30: Read Gaines, Chap. 2 (pp. 23-49) and Cullier & Davis, Chap. 3 (pp. 39-62) (ppt)
Thursday, Feb. 1: Read Gaines, Chap. 3 (pp. 51-75) and Cullier & Davis, Chap. 4 (pp. 64-84) (ppt)
* Story Pitch due
WEEK 3.
Tuesday, Feb. 6: Cullier & Davis, Chap. 5 (pp. 86-113) (ppt)
Thursday, Feb. 8: Read Cullier & Davis, Chap. 6 (pp. 114-136) and CJR story on Toledo Blade/Charlottesville coverage
Study web sources in class
* Due FOIA request
WEEK 4.
Tuesday, Feb. 13: Discuss Assignment #1
Thursday, Feb. 15: Read "NL officer under investigation after allegedly striking cuffed man" by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
"State police seek who leaked documents about NL officer" by Lindsay Boyle, The Day &
"Woman in car shot at in Ledyard: Bullets came 'out of nowhere'" by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
Guest speaker Lindsay Boyle, cops reporter, The Day (New London, Conn.)
***Due noon, Sunday, Feb. 18 via Blackboard - Assignment #1***
WEEK 5.
Tuesday, Feb. 20: 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, Feb. 22: More on Courts. Read Gaines, Chap. 7 (pp. 153-176) & Journalist's Resource article
WEEK 6.
Tuesday, Feb. 27: Read Gaines, Chap. 7 (pp. 153-176) & Journalist's Resource article (ppt) & Discuss Assignment #2
Thursday, March 1: More on non-profits. Read "In Search of The Red Cross' $500 Million in Haiti Relief" by NPR/ProPublica and "The Dark Power of Fraternities" by Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic
WEEK 7.
Tuesday, March 6: 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, March 8: Read Gaines, Chap. 9 (pp. 203-222) & Chap. 11 (pp. 249-272) & Journalist's Resource Article
***Due noon, Thursday, March 15 - Assignment #2***
WEEK 8.
Tuesday, March 13 No classes
Thursday, March 15 Spring Break
WEEK 9.
Tuesday, March 20: Subject: Privacy Laws: Legal torts and Privacy Defenses. Read First Amendment Handbook, Chap. 2 (pp. 11-18)
Thursday, March 22: Subject: Surreptitious Recording & Confidential Sources and Information. Read First Amendment Handbook, Chaps. 3 & 4 (pp. 19-34)
WEEK 10.
Tuesday, March 27 Review for Midterm
Thursday, March 29 MIDTERM
WEEK 11.
Tuesday, April 3 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, April 5 Interviewing politicians and public officials (Read Advice from The Atlantic's Molly Ball)
WEEK 12.
Tuesday, April 10 Practice interviews
Thursday, April 12 Review practice interviews
WEEK 13.
Tuesday, April 17 Ethics and the Interview (Reading TBA)
Thursday, April 19 Workshopping interviews
***Due noon, Sunday, Apr. 22 - Assignment #3***
WEEK 14.
Tuesday, April 24 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, April 26 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, April 29**
WEEK 15.
Tuesday, May 1 Discuss and begin work on Final
Thursday, May 3 Workshopping Final
FINALS WEEK
Tuesday, May 8, 8 a.m.
(Links here are to assignment instructions and/or study guide)
* Noon, Sunday, Feb. 18 - Assignment #1 is due
* Noon, Thursday, March 15 - Assignment #2 is due
* 8 a.m., Thursday, March 29 - Midterm will be administered
* Noon, Sunday, April 22 - Assignment #3 is due via BlackBoard
* Noon, Sunday, April 29 - Movie Paper is due via BlackBoard
* 8 a.m., Tuesday, May 8 - Final submitted via BlackBoard (no late papers will be accepted)
WEEK 1.
Tuesday, Jan. 23: Course introduction, learning objectives, personal introductions.
Thursday, Jan. 25: Read Gaines, Chap. 1 (pp. 1-21) (ppt)
WEEK 2.
Tuesday, Jan. 30: Read Gaines, Chap. 2 (pp. 23-49) and Cullier & Davis, Chap. 3 (pp. 39-62) (ppt)
Thursday, Feb. 1: Read Gaines, Chap. 3 (pp. 51-75) and Cullier & Davis, Chap. 4 (pp. 64-84) (ppt)
* Story Pitch due
WEEK 3.
Tuesday, Feb. 6: Cullier & Davis, Chap. 5 (pp. 86-113) (ppt)
Thursday, Feb. 8: Read Cullier & Davis, Chap. 6 (pp. 114-136) and CJR story on Toledo Blade/Charlottesville coverage
Study web sources in class
* Due FOIA request
WEEK 4.
Tuesday, Feb. 13: Discuss Assignment #1
Thursday, Feb. 15: Read "NL officer under investigation after allegedly striking cuffed man" by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
"State police seek who leaked documents about NL officer" by Lindsay Boyle, The Day &
"Woman in car shot at in Ledyard: Bullets came 'out of nowhere'" by Lindsay Boyle, The Day
Guest speaker Lindsay Boyle, cops reporter, The Day (New London, Conn.)
***Due noon, Sunday, Feb. 18 via Blackboard - Assignment #1***
WEEK 5.
Tuesday, Feb. 20: 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, Feb. 22: More on Courts. Read Gaines, Chap. 7 (pp. 153-176) & Journalist's Resource article
WEEK 6.
Tuesday, Feb. 27: Read Gaines, Chap. 7 (pp. 153-176) & Journalist's Resource article (ppt) & Discuss Assignment #2
Thursday, March 1: More on non-profits. Read "In Search of The Red Cross' $500 Million in Haiti Relief" by NPR/ProPublica and "The Dark Power of Fraternities" by Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic
WEEK 7.
Tuesday, March 6: 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, March 8: Read Gaines, Chap. 9 (pp. 203-222) & Chap. 11 (pp. 249-272) & Journalist's Resource Article
***Due noon, Thursday, March 15 - Assignment #2***
WEEK 8.
Tuesday, March 13 No classes
Thursday, March 15 Spring Break
WEEK 9.
Tuesday, March 20: Subject: Privacy Laws: Legal torts and Privacy Defenses. Read First Amendment Handbook, Chap. 2 (pp. 11-18)
Thursday, March 22: Subject: Surreptitious Recording & Confidential Sources and Information. Read First Amendment Handbook, Chaps. 3 & 4 (pp. 19-34)
WEEK 10.
Tuesday, March 27 Review for Midterm
Thursday, March 29 MIDTERM
WEEK 11.
Tuesday, April 3 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, April 5 Interviewing politicians and public officials (Read Advice from The Atlantic's Molly Ball)
WEEK 12.
Tuesday, April 10 Practice interviews
Thursday, April 12 Review practice interviews
WEEK 13.
Tuesday, April 17 Ethics and the Interview (Reading TBA)
Thursday, April 19 Workshopping interviews
***Due noon, Sunday, Apr. 22 - Assignment #3***
WEEK 14.
Tuesday, April 24 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, April 26 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, April 29**
WEEK 15.
Tuesday, May 1 Discuss and begin work on Final
Thursday, May 3 Workshopping Final
FINALS WEEK
Tuesday, May 8, 8 a.m.