6-9-09 Shattered Glass

For reading time:

1. Go to Media Center webpage
2. Click LexisNexis Scholastic
3. Click News/General
4. Change Keyword to Author and type in Stephen Glass
5. Change Source to Magazines
6. Change date to All Available Dates

Read "Hack Heaven" and any other articles you'd like. This is an anticipatory set for the movie you'll watch called Shattered Glass.

Your assignment today is to finish your newspaper assignment and post it to your blog.

6-4-09 Feature Stories

For reading time today, choose a magazine (People, Sports Illustrated, Time, etc.).

Continue working on your newspaper designs today. When people are finished, we will drag your entire folder to the network and create links from our blog sites to your homepage.

6-3-09 Newspaper Portfolio

Find information about Seattle Post Intelligencer and Rocky Mountain News.

Interesting perspectives on the future of newspapers:

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_future_of_newspapers/

http://www.blakesthinktank.com/2009/04/03/the-future-of-the-newspaper-a-long-e-note-to-neal-gladner/

Mark Cuban (Owner of Dallas Mavericks NBA team): http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/24/why-pro-sports-need-newspapers/

Cotinue working on your newspapers today. They are due on Monday.

6-2-09 Newspaper Design

Read this article and visit some of the sites:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=14231

Today is a work day on your newspaper. I will work individually with anyone who needs help.

How to create headlines for your articles:

1. Reread your article; identify the underlying theme.

2. Express the theme in an active voice using as few words as possible. Active verbs lend immediacy to a story. If a reader sees a headline written in a passive voice, he or she might glance right over it.

3. Keep your headline in present tense.

4. Keep it simple. A headline is a short, direct sentence without extra adjectives or adverbs.

5. Provide enough information in the headline to give the casual reader an impression of the entire story.