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
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 TBD
Thursday, April 9 TBD
WEEK 13
*Tuesday, April 14 TBD
Thursday, April 16 TBD
WEEK 14
Tuesday, April 21 TBD
Thursday, April 23 TBD
WEEK 15
Tuesday, April 28 TBD
Thursday, April 30 TBD
FINALS WEEK
PROPOSAL DUE no later than 10 a.m., Thursday, May 7
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
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 TBD
Thursday, April 9 TBD
WEEK 13
*Tuesday, April 14 TBD
Thursday, April 16 TBD
WEEK 14
Tuesday, April 21 TBD
Thursday, April 23 TBD
WEEK 15
Tuesday, April 28 TBD
Thursday, April 30 TBD
FINALS WEEK
PROPOSAL DUE no later than 10 a.m., Thursday, May 7