Journalism: August 2012

Thursday, August 23, 2012

News Article Analysis due tomorrow

We will meet in Room 120 on Friday and do an exercise with Mr. Manriquez's students on the elements of news. Then we may brainstorm questions for man on the street. Turn in your news article analysis to me.

On Monday and Tuesday you will meet with Mr. Manriquez and pair up with one of his students and go find people to interview for man on the street.

On Wednesday and Thursday you will meet in Room 421 where William and Vanessa will lead a lesson on writing leads.

Your substitute will be Ms. Fox. See you on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Read a newspaper article

Now that you have access to the Los Angeles Times, read a news article and complete the newspaper analysis.
Due: on or before Friday, Aug. 24.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Los Angeles Times Online

I have registered for the Los Angeles Times E-Edition, meaning all my students now have access to the electronic version of the LA Times. You can read the daily paper online and you can search for stories in back issues. This will be convenient for this class.

To access it, click on the link at right (and then bookmark it) and enter the following
Username: Cusolito
Password: room 421

About This Class

This course is designed for those students who desire experience in print journalism and an in-depth production of a newspaper. Students have the unique opportunity to create and publish a student-driven newspaper. Newspaper students practice the fundamentals of journalistic writing, photojournalism, graphic design and budget management. Students will also develop their abilities to work as a team as they produce the newspaper.
Researchers have found that both college and non-college-bound students benefit from taking journalism in high school. A study of college freshmen found that journalism experience correlated with higher efficacy in a beginning English class (Collins and Bissell, 2002). Even teachers report less burnout and higher job satisfaction from advising the school newspaper or broadcast class, according to a study by Reinardy, Maksl and Filak (2009). Numerous studies by Dvorak and his associates have shown a correlation between journalism students and higher test scores on college readiness tests and in higher grades in high school classes.

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