1.22.2018
Current event quizzes: Beginning of each class!
Read the Washington Post: Online or Print everyday
Sections to focus on:
-a
-metro
-style
-sports
GSA/PSA Exercise:
- Last way anyone in communications wants to find out about something is from a reporter→ you always want to be a part of the strategy, communication, and planning
Writing Challenges: (We got this!)
- More concise
- Learn new style
- English (Native)
- Structure
- Deadlines
- Less repetitive
- The starting point
- Clarity
- Shorter
- Audience analysis
- Creative nonfiction
- Professional approach to writing
- Active voice
In the era of fake news:
- Need to be objective→ leave your voice out of it
- Striving to be as fair as possible
- Or as neutral as possible
*Your opinions are NOT for publication*
- Let your readers draw their own conclusions
- Have attribution from official source so the audience does not think it is your voice
- Use “said” when including an attribution so no bias is detected
Be precise in the words that you use:
- Brand new and new is the same thing
- Totally destroyed and destroyed is the same thing
- Write from most important to least important (inverted triangle)
- Where, When, Who, Why, Where
- When is rarely the most important
Why the “-30-”?
"-30-" is the traditional journalistic closing which probably came to be during the Civil War when telegraphers tapped "XXX" at the end of a transmission, which is the Roman numeral for 30.
HW for second class:
- Pick one fact sheet ( digital, public broadcasting, local TV news, etc.)
- List your top 3 takeaways / be prepared to present next class
B. Read Text, Ch 1-4 (List top 3 takeaways for each chapter)
C. P. 9-11, Do: 1.1 (Autobiography), 1.4 (Incident), 1.10 (Shoelaces)
D. Read WPost section fronts (A, Style, Metro & Sports)
*Remember your inner ear is different than your outer, focus on the important information at hand, and prove those fake news believers that integrity is alive and well.*
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