Jan. 13: Introduction, syllabus and News Diary discussions

Jan. 15: News Values, Schwartz Chapters 24 and 2

Jan. 20: News Diary 1, Schwartz Chapters 3 and 4 Ted Anthony and Jules Loh

Jan. 22: Schwartz Chapters 1 and 5 Jeff Wilson Discuss first story topics

Jan. 27: News Diary 2, First story due. Schwartz Chapters 6 and 7 Helen O'Neill and Hillel Italie

Jan. 29: Chapter 1, Reporting for the Media, Fedler, et al. Format, Copy Editing and AP Style

Feb. 3: News Diary 3, AP Style Test Study Sheet - Discussion

Feb. 5: Turn in Exercises 3 and 4 Felder, et al. pp. 19-21. First AP Style Test

Feb. 10: Discussion: Schwartz Chapters 8, 9, 10.

Feb. 12: News Diary 4, Exercises 1 and 2, pp. 12-18.Discussion: Schwartz Chapters 11 and 12.

Feb. 17: Discussion Schwartz Chapters 16, 17 and 18 Chelsea Carter and David Foster

Feb. 19: News Diary 5, Discuss second story topics and Discuss Chapter 2, Felder, et al. Grammar and Spelling

Feb. 24: Mardi Gras Holiday

Feb. 26: Second story due, Exercises 1 and 2, Felder, et al. pp. 49-54 due at beginning of class.

March 3: News Diary 6, Chapter 6, Felder, et al. Basic Leads. Exercise 1, p. 161.

March 5: Schwartz Chapters 14 and 15 Mort Rosenblum and Laura King

March 10: News Diary 7, Mid Term Background Story; Second AP Style Test Study Sheet - Discussion

March 12: Chapter 7, Felder, et al. Alternative Leads. Exercise 1 p. 192

March 17: Spring Break

March 19: Spring Break

March 24: News Diary 8, Schwartz Chapters 19 and 20 Bill Baskervill

March 26: Second AP Style Test

March 31: News Diary 9, Third story Due

March 27: Chapter 8, Felder, et al. The Body of a News Story Exercise 3 p. 230.

April 2: News Diary 10, Fourth story topics discussion, Exercise 1, Felder et al., pp. 224-225 due at beginning of class. Discuss Chapter 9, Felder, et al. Quotations and Attribution

April 7: Exercise 1, Felder, et al., pp. 260-262 due at beginning of class. Discuss Chapter 10, Felder, et al., Interviews

April 9: Special Guest: TBA: Chapter 14, Felder, et al. Feature Stories

April 14: Chapter 17, Felder, et al. Advanced Reporting

April 16: Third AP Style Test Study Sheet - Discussion

April 21: Third AP Style Test

April 23: Fourth Story Due

April 28: Story Rewrite Day

April 30: Final Story Due

May 5: Final Exam Day