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JRN601: Capstone Proposal
Weekly schedule

KEY DUE DATES
Topic proposal due in class, Thursday, Feb. 13
Research evidence report due in class, Thursday, March 5
Book review due via BlackBoard, 5 p.m., Friday, April 3
Draft proposal due via BlackBoard, 5 p.m., Friday, April 17 
Final proposal due via email no later than 10 a.m., Thursday, May 7


TUESDAYS are seminar days. Response papers are due at the end of class on Tuesdays. You are to respond to the articles that are listed below the day they are due. Your first response paper is due Tuesday, Feb. 4 and marked with an asterisk (*). Papers are due only on the days marked with an asterisk for eight (8) total papers.
THURSDAYS are working days, when you will work on reporting, reading, writing and editing.

WEEK 1
Tuesday, Jan. 21 Introduction, course design & policies, expectations
Thursday, Jan. 23 For class, read the following Poynter article on how to generate story ideas. We will brainstorm ideas and start an idea daybook.  

WEEK 2
Tuesday, Jan. 28
For class, read Going long: An expression of writing craft we can not lose by Roy Peter Clark, Poynter, and Finding the #Longform Idea by Erika Hayasaki [In class, watch Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt]
Thursday, Jan. 30     NO CLASS

WEEK 3
*Tuesday, Feb. 4   
The Line of Fire: Gun violence, high school football and what coaches are doing to keep their players safe -- Natalie Weiner, SB Nation
Thursday, Feb. 6  Updates on topic proposal and workshop

WEEK 4
*Tuesday, Feb. 11  
Why Manhattan's Skyscrapers are Empty -- Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
                                          
3 kids. 2 paychecks. No home. -- Brian Goldstone, The California Sunday Magazine
Thursday, Feb. 13 Topic proposal due in class and discussion

WEEK 5
*Tuesday, Feb. 18   
How Baylor Happened -- Jessica Luther & Dan Solomon, Deadspin
Thursday, Feb. 20   What makes a good pitch -- Alison Macadam, NPR
                                           Take our playbook: NPR's guide to building immersive storytelling projects -- Wesley Lindamood, NPR  
                                           Read/listen in class: Stories from the Water Front -- Kat Londsdorf, NPR
WEEK 6
*Tuesday, Feb. 25   
There Are Places You Cannot Go -- Brent Crane, The Atavist Magazine
Thursday, Feb. 27    Updates on research evidence and workshop

WEEK 7
*Tuesday, March 3 
A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof -- Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, GQ
                                           
Guantanamo's Darkest Secret -- Ben Taub, The New Yorker
Thursday, March 5 Research evidence report due and discussion

WEEK 8   NO CLASS      SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, March 10 & Thursday, March 23


WEEK 9
*Tuesday, March 17   Lovers in Auschwitz, Reunited 72 Years Later. He Had One Question. Was she the reason he was alive today? -- Keren Blankfeld, New York Times
                                                Two Friends Who Escaped Auschwitz and Warned the World -- Jackson Richman, Tablet
Thursday, March 19   Discussion: How reading helps us conceptualize stories

WEEK 10
Tuesday, March 24   
Book review discussion and workshop
Thursday, March 26  Work on book report

WEEK 11
Tuesday, March 31
Work on book report
Thursday, April 2     Book review due via BlackBoard, 5 p.m., Friday, April 3

WEEK 12
*Tuesday, April 7        Optional reading: 
Out of the Shadows -- Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated  (Questions on Blackboard discussion board, if you choose to discuss)
Thursday, April 9       ...

WEEK 13
*Tuesday, April 14      Optional reading: 
Thursday, April 16     
Draft of proposal is due via Blackboard, 5 p.m., Friday, April 17

WEEK 14
Tuesday, April 21       Optional reading: 
Thursday, April 23    
Schedule individual meetings

WEEK 15
Tuesday, April 28       Optional reading: 
Thursday, April 30    
Schedule individual meetings

FINALS WEEK
PROPOSAL DUE no later than 10 a.m., Thursday, May 7




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