Pearl Reporters

I recently heard from the woman who is responsible for grading your assignments at Pearl Reporters... Many of you haven't finished the submitted assignments due...

By now you should have submitted Assignments 1 & 3 on the Pearl Website (in the journal)

Assignment 2 is due on Tuesday on the site.

Plus, all the other blog posts for the other modules are past due. While you are at home during this Regents week and Monday, please make an effort to at least make up the work you owe online.
http://www.pearl.iearn.org/course/login/index.php

Assignment 3 - ethics on the Pearl Website

Please complete Assignment 3 on the Pearl Website by tomorrow, 1/27.

In class on Friday, you should have discussed the ethical issue presented on the website. We have just worked on ethical issues in journalism for the last few weeks and I feel that you will be ready and able to discuss what needs to be done after you've read what the Pearl Reporters program offers you and the work we have done in class.

After you submit assignment 3 online, please comment to this blog to let me know that it is done so you can receive credit.

Advice for Students Interested in a Career in Journalism

Bill Kovach, Senior Counselor of the Project for Excellence in Journalism

A curious mind and a broad liberal arts education are by far the best qualifications for a career in journalism.

The best foundation begins with an undergraduate liberal arts education that exposes you to a wide range of disciplines of study and helps you supplement your native curiosity with a habit of critical thinking. Whatever course of study you follow, be sure to include a strong foundation in ethics. Then consider study at a university that offers a graduate degree in journalism.

You can begin to develop your skill in the "craft" of journalism by working on a college newspaper or radio station; a television station that features a college report; or working as a college correspondent for a local, regional or national news organization. As for experience while still in school and immediately after graduation, think about immersing yourself in a local experience. Working in a community in which you must look the people in the eye about whom you report before and AFTER you have reported on them can provide very important lessons.

And, throughout all this, read. Read everything you can, including classics in fiction that can help you begin to understand human nature and the human condition. Develop a habit of critically following the work of other journalists and find models for your own work.Good luck.

Pearl Reporters - Due Friday, 1/30

Read module 6 - News Writing

Comment to this post:

Review as per class and your reading... what is the difference between news and news feature?

Explain the delayed lead and the nut graf - how does it differ from a news lead?

Assignment 2 needs to be submitted online by Tuesday, 2/3 - you may send me your drafts as soon as they are done if you want my feedback... I am not going to require it though.

Children's Press Media

http://www.cplmedia.org/

Pearl Reporters - Due Friday, 1/23

Read module 5 on Tools of reporting.

Comment to this post about tips you've learned about interviewing and citing sources.

Define Beat reporting and list a few WJPS beats that may be of interest for the school paper.

Make sure to comment on this post for all of the above due Friday, 1/23.

Pearl Reporters due Tuesday, 1/20

Read module 4 on Starting principles. Read the whole thing.

Comment on this post about the principles stated... define each one in your words.

Do assignment 1 and read assignment 2

Post your ideas for assignment 2 to this post as well.