April 5-6

You will work on your final projects during class today. Your finished newspaper will be due on Tuesday, April 6.

April 1-2 Final Newspapers

You will work on your final projects during class today. Your finished newspaper will be due on Tuesday, April 6.

3-31-10 Dreamweaver

We will spend one more day learning Adobe Dreamweaver (text, links, images, and tables).

You will start your final project tomorrow.

3-30-10 Newspaper Design

For reading time on newspaper design: http://www.newsdesigner.com/archives/002113.php

Also review design information at: http://www.district196.org/evhs/activities/finearts/newspaper/elements.htm

We will spend one day briefly talking about Adobe InDesign and newspaper layout. We will also spend a couple of days talking about web design using Adobe Dreamweaver. You will then compile all of your stories into an electronic portfolio as a newspaper.

1. You'll need a title for your newspaper.
2. You'll need headlines for each of your articles (hard news, feature, opinion).
3. You might want to include pictures, charts, graphs, etc.

This final assignment will be due on Wednesday, April 14.

6-1-11 "Shattered Glass"

Today we willl watch the movie "Shattered Glass". Be prepared to answer the following questions in your blog on Wednesday:

1. What do the fact checkers at the New Republic do when they cannot find the information to verify?

2. How does Charles Lane feel about Glass once he discovers he is lying?

3. How does Glass gain the sympathy of his fellow journalists at the New Republic?

4. How does Glass dodge the truth again once he realizes he has been caught by Forbes!

5. What excuse does Glass give Lane for lying?

6. What is the argument for not firing Glass from the New Republic?

3-15-10 Peer Edits of Feature Story

You should read two of your classmates' articles today. Post the following feedback to your blog. The final draft is due tomorrow before you come to class.

Peer Editing Feedback

1. What are some areas that could use more detail? Why?

2. What additional sources might the author use? Does the lead involve you in the story?

3. Does the story contain a well defined scene (a detailed description of someone doing something or something happening)? What is it? If not, make a suggestion for a scene that might work.

4. What would you like to see or hear more of? Less of? Include, any other suggestions you have for improvement.

You should also read the following two articles to modify content in your story:

More information on story ledes

The power of details in a story

3-5-10 Peer Edits

You should've posted your rough draft before class began today. You will e-mail your story to 2 classmates. They will open it in Word and go to Review/Track Changes to edit your paper. They can also add comments. Then they will e-mail it back to you.

You should make revisions based on the peer suggestions and post your final story to your blog before class begins on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

3-4-10 News Stories

You should have your interview answers posted to your blog.

You will write your story in class today. It is due by the beginning of the hour tomorrow. I recommend composing it in Word.

We will do peer edits in class tomorrow.

3-3-10 News Stories

Today you should be collecting data and conducting interviews.

Your assignment is to have all interviews completed and all of the interview answers posted to your blog before class begins tomorrow.

Tomorrow you will organize those interviews and write your story. Your story must be posted to the blog before class begins on Friday.

3-2-10 News Stories

I am in the building teaching Photoshop to other teachers but won't be in class today. Mr. Breuer is covering this class.

For reading time today, read Pulitzer Prize winning articles from the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2009-Local-Reporting-Group1

Your assignment today is to write your interview questions for each person on your blog by the end of the hour. You should interview 3 people and ask each at least 5 questions (at least 15 total questions).

Continue collecting data and conducting your interviews.

You will post all of your interview answers to your blog before you come to class on Thursday.

2-25-10 Advertising

We will finish presenting our ads in class today.

We will wrap up this unit with an activity on magazine advertising.

2-24-10 Presentations

Present your advertisements to the class.

1. Describe your ad
2. Describe your target audience
3. Describe the magazine where you would purchase advertising space.

We will wrap up this unit on Advertising today and move into writing stories.

2-23-10 Advertising Work Day

Today is the last day to work on your advertisements in Photoshop. When you are finished, you will save it as a .jpg and post it on your blog.

File/Save As/.jpg choose medium (5) for quality

Create a new post and click the Add Image button.

For format, choose none and click on the Image size medium button.

Tomorrow you will present your ad to the rest of the class by doing the following:

1. Describe your ad and your product.
2. Tell us who your target market would be.
3. Tell us what magazine(s) you would use for your advertisement.

2-22-10 Advertisement Work Day

For reading time today, read www.nytimes.com

Today is a day to work on your advertisements in Photoshop.

Look over the previous day's postings to see the assignment and photoshop tutorials.

2-18-10 Photshop Ads

We will take a quiz today on news, advertising and law/ethics.

You will then have the rest of the hour to work on your Photoshop ads.

Make a new project that is 8"x11" and 100dpi. You can look at the previous journalism classes for examples if you'd like.

2-17-10 Law and Ethics

For reading time today: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/

Facebook Free Speech Article

We will continue our notes from yesterday.

You should expect a quiz on news, advertising and law/ethics on Thursday or Friday.

2-9-10 Advertising

We will continue watching and critiquing old Super Bowl commercials today.

We will then watch 2010 commercials from the Google website.

2-8-09 Advertising

We will watch Super Bowl commercials today in class.
http://www.superbowl-commercials.org/

What is the company?

Who is the target audience:

What persuasive method used (humor, action, celebrity, human interest, etc.)?

How were camera shots and editing used to enhance the message?

What is the slogan/message for the company?

Was the message effective? Why or why not?

2-4-10 Eastview News

For reading time, visit: www.abcnews.com

Finish taking notes on news from yesterday

Today we are going to spend some time at: http://www.district196.org/evhs/activities/finearts/newspaper/

What is newsworthy at Eastview?

What Back Issues Can Tell Us:
1. What stories are covered every year?
• What time of year did these stories run?
• Are any of the same people involved year after year?
2. What was the biggest story of each year?
3. How many personality sketches of students were run each year?
• What types of students were interviewed? (athletes, student leaders, etc.)
• Was any one student constantly featured in one year? Why?
• Do you think this was fair?
4. How many personality sketches of faculty were run each year?
• Which teachers were featured?
• Why those particular people?
5. What full page features (or center spreads) did the publication carry?
• Are any of those topics still relevant?
6. What was a great year(s) for sports teams? Activities?
• Did the school have any state champions?
• Olympic performers?
• Other honors?
7. Find a story that uses background information from previous years.
8. What topics did the paper editorialize about each year?
• What stand did the paper take?
• Has the problem been solved or is it still an issue?
9. What major news did the paper carry about classes?
• Any curriculum changes?
• Any major new programs?
10. Any new equipment?
• Any building programs?
11. Any scandals involving students, administrators, or teachers?
• What happened?
12. What changes in fashion among students can be found?
13. What signs of changing times can you find as mirrored in the concerns of students?
• What concerns never seem to change and would continue to make good stories year after year?
14. Did the school have any championship academic teams?
• Art show winners?
• Band or choir awards?
• Science winners?
• National honors?
15. Which clubs were most active?
16. What campus events made the most news?
17. What movies and music groups has the paper reviewed?
18. What issues did cartoonists choose?
19. How has the publication’s format changed?
20. Did the demographics of your student population change? Why?
21. What are the school’s traditions and how did they develop?
• Who are the school’s traditional rivals? (Could vary between activites.)
• How did the rivalry begin?
22. What are five things most interesting about EVHS?

2-2-10 Creating and Linking Blogs

1. For reading time today, read www.startribune.com

2. Create your journalism blog at www.blogger.com