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Page 1: Week 14 (class schedule Week 16) News writing. McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Grammar: Pronouns Instructions:

Week 14 (class schedule Week 16)

News writing

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Grammar: Pronouns

Instructions: Please correct the errors in the sentences below. Do not avoid the grammar issue by rewriting a sentence. Keep the words in the same order, but correct the sentence so that the pronoun agrees with its antecedent, the noun.

1.The baseball team won their game Monday.2.The Tigers coaching staff will craft their strategy for Saturday’s game. 3.The city council will conduct their meeting Tuesday.4.Did either of the girls lose their bicycle? 5.None of the great painters believed that their achievements equaled their ambitions.

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Grammar answers: Pronouns

1. The baseball team won its game Monday. 2. The Tigers coaching staff will craft its strategy for Saturday’s

game. 3. The city council will conduct its meeting Tuesday. 4. Did either of the girls lose her bicycle? 5. All of the great painters believed that their achievements fell

short of their ambitions. Or: The great painters believed that their achievements fell short of their ambitions.

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Beat Story #1

The story’s disadvantage The story’s advantage Consider everything and anything:

lead nut graph headline (if applicable) quotes, attribution AP style Grammar, punctuation, redundancy, cliches, wordy

sentences, passive voice, SVO sentences, and other stylistic elements.

Accuracy, fairness, and balance

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Beat Story #2

The story’s disadvantage The story’s advantage Consider everything and anything: lead nut graph headline (if applicable) quotes, attribution AP style Grammar, punctuation, redundancy, cliches, wordy sentences,

passive voice, SVO sentences, and other stylistic elements. Accuracy, fairness, and balance

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1.The college alumna set an all-time record for distance traveled when he returned to the campus for a reunion (2).

2.The funds were divided between Ford, Carter and McCarthy (1).3.10 people took the test; another 20 refused (2).4.My dictionary is my Bible (1).

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Class 1: AP style practice

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Class 1: AP style practice answers

The college alumnus set a record for distance traveled when he returned to the campus for a reunion.

The funds were divided among Ford, Carter and McCarthy.

Ten people took the test; 20 others refused.

My dictionary is my bible.

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lcome to the world of urnalism, where porters have been gging dirt, raking muck, king headlines and adlines for centuries w. It’s a history full of bloid trash, of slimy nsationalists, of runkards, deadbeats and mmers” (as a Harvard iversity president once scribed reporters). But it’s a history full of roes, too: men and men risking their lives tell stories of war and agedy, risking prisonment to defend ee speech. And as you n see here, reports have come beloved characters p culture, too, turning up movies, comics and TV ows as if guided by an cult hand.

Every culture seeks effective ways to spread new information and gossip. In ancient times, news was written on clay tablets. In Caesar’s age, Romans read newsletters compiled by correspondents and handwritten by slaves. Wandering minstrels spread news (and the plague) in the Middle Ages. Them came ink on paper. Voices on airwaves. Newsreels, Web sites, And 24-hour cable news networks. Thus when scholars analyze the rich history of journalism, some view it in terms of technological progress—for example, the dramatic impact of bigger, faster printing presses. Others see journalism as a specialized form literary expression, one that’s

constantly evolving, reflecting and shaping its culture. Others see it as an inspiring quest for free speech, an endless power struggle between Authority (trying to control information) and the People (trying to learn the truth). Which brings to mind the words of A.J. Liefling: “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to htose who own one.” In the pages ahead, we’ll take a quick tour of 600 years of journalism history, from hieroglyphics to hypertext: the media, the message and the politics. Technical advances and brilliant ideas forged a new style of journalism. It was a century of change, and newspapers changed

dramatically. The typi newspaper of 1800 wa undisciplined mishma legislative proceedinglong-winded essays a secondhand gossip. B1900, a new breed of tor had emerged. Jourhad become big busin Reporting was becom disciplined craft. And newspapers were becmore entertaining and essential than ever, wmost of the features w expect today: Snappy headlines, Ads, Comic Sports pages. And an “inverted pyramid” sty writing that made stori tighter and newsier. Radio and television brought an end to newspapers’ media monopoly. Why? Well yourself: Which did yo

Inside ReportingTim Harrower

Online reporting

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Online reporting

From print to the WebMedia convergenceOnline storytelling optionsWriting for online media

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From print to the Web

Online media offers readers more variety and control

Navigation crucial factor

Electronic newspapers may replace dead-tree newspapers

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Online news sites

From print to the Web

Traditional papers

Arranging stories

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From print to the Web

Need to develop new ways.

Tomorrow’s journalists will plan and produce news stories in different ways.

To fulfill the potential of new media

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From print to the Web

Timeliness Print uses large

photo to catch eye; Web uses smaller image

Print uses smaller text; Web uses larger text

Navigating online news sites

The story as a package•Web stories can include:–Audio –Video–Links to related information–Other interactive elements

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Media convergence

Newsroom convergence• Journalists from

different media share same workspace.

Technological innovations transforming 21st-century journalism

Newsgathering convergence

• Reporters, editors and photographers collaborate on reports.

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Media convergence

Content convergence• Final story

combines– Text.– Images.– Blogs.– Podcasts.– Slideshows.

Technological innovations…

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Online storytelling options

Use print to explain.

Use multimedia to show.

Use interactives to demonstrate and engage.

New forms of news deliveries

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Online storytelling options

• Video• Audio• Webcams and

Webcasts• Podcasts• Animated

graphics

• Live chats• Reader

feedback and comments

• Online polls and quizzes

• Downloads

• Archives • Other Web

sites• Organizations• Editorials and

columns• Additional

story elements

Multimedia Interactive Links

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Online storytelling options

Who creates blogs?• Journalists• Participants in breaking

news• Bloggers who monitor

what’s new and newsworthy

Are blogs important?• Everyone has a voice

BLOGS: a way to add viewpoints

But is itjournalism?

•Journalistic supplement

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Writing for online media

“Chunk” your information.

Tweak your type to make it easier to scan.

Rethink what a “story” is.

Tips for creating readable, user-friendly news stories for Web sites

5 Enhance your story

with extra elements. Collaborate.

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Final Portfolio 4 Hard copy submissions only 4 3 stories; 3 different beats 4 Beat Story #4: Minimum 400 words; minimum

two human sources; minimum two quotes.4 Beat Story #5: Minimum 450 words; minimum

three human sources; minimum three quotes.4 Story #6: Minimum 300 words; minimum two

sources; minimum two quotes. 4 12 point black font, Times New Roman4 Header: Name, student and class number 4 Deadline: Last day of class, Thursday, June 27

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Week 14 Assignments Submit Beat stories #4-6 ideas

Final portfolio ideas 3 different beats Submit as one entry; Make sure I can clearly

differentiate one idea from the next (i.e. use numerals, bullet points etc.)

Deadline: Monday, June 17, 8 a.m.

Submit 3rd draft of Beat story #3 Grade must be lower than 70 Deadline: Sunday, June 16, 8 a.m.