Talk about your experience with News U

Today in class you experimented with the website NewsU. How do you think this website will help you in your understanding of journalism?

What did you learn from the lead lab and news sense workshops?

Comment on this post.

Homework due Friday, 9/26

Draft a copy of your newest news article based on the clip that Mr. Lai showed in class on Monday, 9/22.

Make sure that it is typed, double spaced and contains all of the necessary information. Bear in mind the comments given on your Spiderman brief.

Homework for Friday, 9/19

Writing News Briefs - just as the name implies, a news brief is short. It should include the pertinent information of the event or situation (who, what, when, where, why and how). Using direct quotes is desirable. Consider making sure all information is attributed to something.

Your first draft is due on Friday, 9/19

It must be typed, double spaced with a headline and byline.

Homework due Monday, 9/15

Assignment 4 in the packet about News and News Leads will be collected on Monday if you haven't already turned it in.

We did assignment 2 and 3 in class, if you haven't turned that in already, you'll also need to turn those in on Monday.

YouTube Opportunity

YouTube presentsOpportunity for Student Journalists

Today, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center, YouTube presents Project: Report, a journalism contest for non-professional, aspiring journalists to tell stories that might not otherwise be covered by traditional media.

*See the *Project: Report* channel page for all program details.*See the YouTube News team's announcement.

In each of the three rounds of Project: Report, reporters will be given an assignment to complete. Each of these assignments gives people an opportunity to report on the important individuals, issues, and communities in their lives that others do not yet know about.

Round 1

The assignment for Round 1 is to profile someone in your community, in three minutes or less, highlighting a story you think deserves to be heard by a wide audience. Video submissions for Round 1 are due by midnight EST on Sunday October 5, and a panel of journalists from the Pulitzer Center will narrow the field to 10 semi-finalists.

Round 2

The assignment for Round 2 will then be officially announced, and the judging for this round will be opened up to the YouTube community to determine the five finalists who will move onto the third and last assignment (TBD).

PrizesWinners of each round will receive technology prizes (video cameras and laptop computers) from Sony VAIO and Intel, and the grand prize winner will be granted a $10,000 journalism fellowship with the Pulitzer Center to report on a story outside of their home country.Even if you did not participate in or advance past Round 1, you may still complete the assignments for Rounds 2 and 3, though you will not be eligible for the grand prize.

With Project: Report, the Pulitzer Center and YouTube hope to bring an audience to as many of these stories as possible and draw attention to important topics that have been under-reported, misreported, or not reported at all.

Download official press release

Homework due Friday, 9/12

Do activity 1 in the packet about News and News Leads after you have read and annotated the part up to it. (Sorry for the confusion)

It will be collected on Friday.

What is journalism?

We started to consider this question on Tuesday... what is journalism?

Journalism is:
According to the University of Western Ontario (http://www.fims.uwo.ca/journalism/what-is-journalism.htm):
Journalism is the timely reporting of events at the local, provincial, national and international levels.
Reporting involves the gathering of information through interviewing and research, the results of which are turned into a fair and balanced story for publication or for television or radio broadcast.

Journalism is not just
fact-finding
media analysis
opinion writing, or
commentary

although all of those aspects can play a part at times.

Excellent Election Coverage -

http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1102

One of the on-going assignments you will working on this trimester is coverage of the Election. This website is an excellent resource for both sides. NPR (National Public Radio) is not sponsored by a side, but rather by the people, so it offers a wide variety of opinions.

I suggest you visit the website and look around.If you find anything of interest, share it with the class... comment on this post.

about me

my name is meagan. i am a animal lover so i am vegitarian. i went to wjps the last 2 years so this is my 3rd year. i live with my mom, dad, and 2 brothers. my older brother , matthew, is in tomas edison high school. my little brother , timothey (timmy), actually goes to wjps with me. he just got excepted last year. the glasses i wear dont really help me see, but my mom, dad, and eye docter lady told me to put them on anyway. i don't know what else to say so i guess i am done.

Hello and Welcome everyone

So far it has been great hearing from all of you. Seems you have something in common. Just a tip about posting... when I put up an assignment post as comments instead of new posts or else we will have a blog that is very long...lol.

I had asked you all earlier what you knew about journalism. We meet again on Friday... we will be discussing in detail what journalism is.

Everyone should consider beginning to listen to either talk radio (NPR) - NPR.org. or watch network news at least a few times a week. As we begin to consider what journalism is and what responsible journalism is, we need to understand what exactly the media is sharing with us and how they share it with us.

Looking forward to reading more about you all.
Ms. S

About me

My name is Raisa Balabanova. I was born on November 24, 1994. I live in Flushing, NY. I love volleyball, swimming, and countless amounts of other sports. I also love to read and play the piano. I have a crazy family that consists of 3 children (I'm the oldest). I love all of my friends, and school, of course. I'm very excited to start learning more about Journalism and I'm sure that it will soon become one of my favorite subjects.
Your son is adorable, Ms. Sackstein :-)

About Me

My name is Anastasia Ioannou. I am new to WJPS. I went to William Spyropolous/St.Nicholas before comming here. I have lived in Flushing for 3 years and before that I lived in Boston for4 and before that I lived in Long Island for 7. I have two younger brothers who are 7 and 8. I hope to learn a lot in your class. See you there :p

About me :

my name is maggie todaro and im from whitestone, new york. i've lived in whitestone my whole life. i have a little brother, who's almost 7 years old. my birthday is july 31, 1994. my friends and family mean the world to me. im a very laid back kind of person. im funny most of the time, but serious when i have to be. well, i guess thats all u need to know about me [= see you in class tomorrow !