JRN601: Capstone Proposal
Weekly schedule
KEY DUE DATES
Topic proposal due in class, via Blackboard, 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 19
Research evidence report via Blackboard, 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 10
Book review due via Blackboard, 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 31
Draft proposal due via Blackboard, 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14
Final proposal due via email no later than (officially), Wednesday, Dec. 15
WEEK 1
*Monday, Aug. 30 Introduction, course design & policies, expectations. For next class, read "Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek" by John Branch, New York Times
WEEK 2
Monday, Sept. 6 NO CLASS Labor Day
WEEK 3
*Monday, Sept. 13 Go over Snow Fall, discuss topic ideas and how to turn an idea into something like that. For next class, read "A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof" by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, GQ
WEEK 4
Monday, Sept. 20 Topic proposal due prior to class and discussion; For next class, please read the following:
What makes a good pitch -- Alison Macadam, NPR
Take our playbook: NPR's guide to building immersive storytelling projects -- Wesley Lindamood, NPR
Read/listen for next class: Stories from the Water Front -- Kat Londsdorf, NPR
WEEK 5
Monday, Sept. 27 No class meeting (submit reading response via Blackboard)
WEEK 6
*Monday, Oct. 4 Discuss the NPR reading and story; For next class, please read "What We Still Don't Know About Emmett Till's Murder" by Wright Thompson, The Atlantic
WEEK 7
*Monday, Oct. 11 Discuss Thompson's piece. Research evidence report due prior to class via Blackboard and discussion. For next class please read "How Baylor Happened" by Jessica Luther and Dan Solomon, Deadspin
WEEK 8
Monday, Oct. 18 No class meeting (submit reading response via Blackboard)
WEEK 9
*Monday, Oct. 25 Discuss Luther's and Solomon's piece. For next class, please read "Savior vs. Savior" by Devin Friedman, GQ
WEEK -
*Monday, Nov. 1 Discuss Friedman's piece. Book review due prior to class via Blackboard. For next class, please read "What Mike Fanone Can't Forget" by Molly Ball, Time
Week 11
*Monday, Nov. 8 Discuss reading and proposal drafts. For next class, please read "The Death and Life of Frankie Madrid" by Valeria Fernández, The California Sunday Magazine
Week 12
*Monday, Nov. 15 Discuss reading & drafts. Draft proposal due prior to class via Blackboard.
Week 13
Monday, Nov. 22 NO CLASS Thanksgiving
Weeks 14 & 15
Monday, Nov. 29 & Dec. 6 No class meetings, but available meet as requested.
FINALS WEEK
PROPOSAL DUE no later than Wednesday, Dec. 15
Topic proposal due in class, via Blackboard, 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 19
Research evidence report via Blackboard, 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 10
Book review due via Blackboard, 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 31
Draft proposal due via Blackboard, 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14
Final proposal due via email no later than (officially), Wednesday, Dec. 15
WEEK 1
*Monday, Aug. 30 Introduction, course design & policies, expectations. For next class, read "Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek" by John Branch, New York Times
WEEK 2
Monday, Sept. 6 NO CLASS Labor Day
WEEK 3
*Monday, Sept. 13 Go over Snow Fall, discuss topic ideas and how to turn an idea into something like that. For next class, read "A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof" by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, GQ
WEEK 4
Monday, Sept. 20 Topic proposal due prior to class and discussion; For next class, please read the following:
What makes a good pitch -- Alison Macadam, NPR
Take our playbook: NPR's guide to building immersive storytelling projects -- Wesley Lindamood, NPR
Read/listen for next class: Stories from the Water Front -- Kat Londsdorf, NPR
WEEK 5
Monday, Sept. 27 No class meeting (submit reading response via Blackboard)
WEEK 6
*Monday, Oct. 4 Discuss the NPR reading and story; For next class, please read "What We Still Don't Know About Emmett Till's Murder" by Wright Thompson, The Atlantic
WEEK 7
*Monday, Oct. 11 Discuss Thompson's piece. Research evidence report due prior to class via Blackboard and discussion. For next class please read "How Baylor Happened" by Jessica Luther and Dan Solomon, Deadspin
WEEK 8
Monday, Oct. 18 No class meeting (submit reading response via Blackboard)
WEEK 9
*Monday, Oct. 25 Discuss Luther's and Solomon's piece. For next class, please read "Savior vs. Savior" by Devin Friedman, GQ
WEEK -
*Monday, Nov. 1 Discuss Friedman's piece. Book review due prior to class via Blackboard. For next class, please read "What Mike Fanone Can't Forget" by Molly Ball, Time
Week 11
*Monday, Nov. 8 Discuss reading and proposal drafts. For next class, please read "The Death and Life of Frankie Madrid" by Valeria Fernández, The California Sunday Magazine
Week 12
*Monday, Nov. 15 Discuss reading & drafts. Draft proposal due prior to class via Blackboard.
Week 13
Monday, Nov. 22 NO CLASS Thanksgiving
Weeks 14 & 15
Monday, Nov. 29 & Dec. 6 No class meetings, but available meet as requested.
FINALS WEEK
PROPOSAL DUE no later than Wednesday, Dec. 15