Ithaca College on Dipity.
Monday, August 31, 2009
First news budget 4 p.m.
APARTMENTS: New apartment buildings in downtown Ithaca do not fit the general stigma of the college town. They seem to target wealthier people that would not normally reside in Ithaca, possibly suggesting a change in population. CASEY MUSARRA
RIDE FOR LIFE -- The 11th Annual Ride for Life event supports community services by
raising money for the Southern Tier AIDS Program. The event takes
place on Sept. 11 around Cayuga Lake with events and performances
taking place along the trail and in Cast Park. Will interview riders
for their perspective on the event. BY MONICA WATSON.
CONSTRUCTION -- Reconstruction of 300 block East State Street is scheduled to be finished Sept. 30. Local businesses, shopkeepers and construction workers themselves are feeling the burden of this centralized location being inaccessible for this extended and crucial period of time. -- MELANIE BREAULT
ECONOMY -- Out with the old, in with the new. How some of the local businesses in the city of Ithaca are changing, what it takes to stay afloat in a tanking economy, and how the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board approves a new businesses. MORGAN SMITH
SHORTAGE -- The number of animals at the Tompkins County Animal Shelter has dramatically increased. The number of volunteers is dwindling. Shirley Littleton, 47, was a regular volunteer at the SPCA until her family needed another source of income. Now Littleton works a second job and does not volunteer. The SPCA will be forced to start refusing animals if they cannot find more volunteers. DEVELOPING (This isn't a real lede ... I'll keep you updated though.) JOY KUCINKAS
FIRE - The Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College is now a pile of ash. Last night at around 2 a.m. the fiery school lit up the city skyline and was finally subdued by firefighters at around 6:30 a.m. Officials have yet to declare source of the fire but faulty electrical wiring is rumored to be the cause. TRACEY A. CASSEUS
POSITIVE JAM- Sunday September 6th The Positive Jam, a day long music festival, will take place in congunction with the Ithaca Brewfest. The festival will take place at Ithaca's Stewart Park. The event includes acts such as The Hold Steady, The Felice Brothers, Deer Tick, and The Rural Alberta Advantage as well as several other bands. The festival is a new addition to the Ithaca's Brewfest and allows those who are underage to participate in the festival. Tickets are on sale at the State Theater for $25 or $30 day of show. By STEPHANIE RAABE
RIDE FOR LIFE -- The 11th Annual Ride for Life event supports community services by
raising money for the Southern Tier AIDS Program. The event takes
place on Sept. 11 around Cayuga Lake with events and performances
taking place along the trail and in Cast Park. Will interview riders
for their perspective on the event. BY MONICA WATSON.
CONSTRUCTION -- Reconstruction of 300 block East State Street is scheduled to be finished Sept. 30. Local businesses, shopkeepers and construction workers themselves are feeling the burden of this centralized location being inaccessible for this extended and crucial period of time. -- MELANIE BREAULT
ECONOMY -- Out with the old, in with the new. How some of the local businesses in the city of Ithaca are changing, what it takes to stay afloat in a tanking economy, and how the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board approves a new businesses. MORGAN SMITH
SHORTAGE -- The number of animals at the Tompkins County Animal Shelter has dramatically increased. The number of volunteers is dwindling. Shirley Littleton, 47, was a regular volunteer at the SPCA until her family needed another source of income. Now Littleton works a second job and does not volunteer. The SPCA will be forced to start refusing animals if they cannot find more volunteers. DEVELOPING (This isn't a real lede ... I'll keep you updated though.) JOY KUCINKAS
FIRE - The Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College is now a pile of ash. Last night at around 2 a.m. the fiery school lit up the city skyline and was finally subdued by firefighters at around 6:30 a.m. Officials have yet to declare source of the fire but faulty electrical wiring is rumored to be the cause. TRACEY A. CASSEUS
POSITIVE JAM- Sunday September 6th The Positive Jam, a day long music festival, will take place in congunction with the Ithaca Brewfest. The festival will take place at Ithaca's Stewart Park. The event includes acts such as The Hold Steady, The Felice Brothers, Deer Tick, and The Rural Alberta Advantage as well as several other bands. The festival is a new addition to the Ithaca's Brewfest and allows those who are underage to participate in the festival. Tickets are on sale at the State Theater for $25 or $30 day of show. By STEPHANIE RAABE
First news budget 2 p.m. class
LOCALFIRST - As the community group Local First Ithaca completes its first year, the organizers are developing new campaigns to encourage consumers to support struggling local businesses. -- JACQUIE SIMONE
SLUMP – As rent costs rise and payments stay stagnant, Ithaca residents are having trouble making ends meet. Job losses and home foreclosures are forcing retired residents to go back to work, and driving many into soup kitchens for meals they can no longer afford. Ithaca's Loaves and Fishes diner attendence rose 16% over the past year, and the end is nowhere in sight. -- ALEXANDRA PALOMBO
PIZZA DUEL - Maverick pizza pionneer of Sammy's Pizza leaves in order to establish AmerItalia Pizzeria. Conflicts have thus come about due to the increased competition among pizza parlors in the Commons and questions regarding why the owner left Sammy's Pizzeria in the first place. FANBURG
INTEGRATIVEMEDCENTER
The Integrative Medicine Center (IMC) in Ithaca offers western and alternative medicine that is not covered by traditional health care providers. Founded in 2002 and recognized as a “pioneer of integrative medicine" in the nation, the center has been striving to raise awareness about preventative medicine in the community. BRIANA PADILLA
MUSIC – Local music scene in limbo. As one record store dies out, another is reborn. Future of music stores in Ithaca uncertain and unreliable. BY SARAH CRAIG.
YMCA -- The Local Ymca Is Building A New Athletics And Events Center. It Can Effect The Ymca Members And May Confuse Them On Where To Enter Or If The Construction Will Be Changing Ymca Hours. Finding Out When Construction Will Be Finished And What The New Facilities Will Include. How Employees Feel About The Reconstruction. Where Did The Funding Come From During These Times Of Economic Trouble? TORI MCCLURG
MARKET PARKING -- Limited parking keeps some away from the Ithaca Farmer's Market, but one local farmer proposes a creative solution: a shuttle boat that could take market visitors across the canal from Steamboat Landing to Cass Park, where there is more than ample parking available. EMILY STONER
HEALTH CARE -- The national health care debate comes to Ithaca on Tuesday night. Geoff Berman of Organizing for America will be holding a town hall meeting at the Aurora Street pavilion in the Commons to explain and answer questions about President Obama's proposal to overhaul the nation's health care system. About 100 people are expected to attend the event.
ZACH TOMANELLI
TARTS - The Queen of Tarts cafe in Ithaca will officially change ownership Friday. Because of the time demands of running the cafe, current owner Leslie Muhlhahn has sold the business to the Kadar family, who have previously owned other notable restaurants in the Ithaca community. Muhlhahn will keep her other food business, Just Desserts, while the Kadar family hopes to begin building upon the menu within their first weeks of ownership. -- MEG MALONE
FAIRY TALE CELEBRATION
ITHACA-The Kitschen Sink, a local art gallery and gift shop, celebrate their first year of business with a fairy tale reception, featuring local poets. "Where the Winged Spirit Lives," the shop's display of paintings, dolls and dwellings by local artists, is on display from August to September.
RINDFLEISCH
RESTARAUNTS AND ECONOMY
Local restaraunts have been transformed by the economic downturn. What has the receeding economy done to independent, small restaraunts? What struggles are chain corporations in Ithaca facing? While there are differences in how these competitors deal with the economy, the similarity remains that neither can say they have been unaffected... NICOLE LAWRENCE
CONSTRUCTION - Construction on State Street has been causing traffic confusion in the Ithaca area all summer. Now that both IC and Cornell semesters have started and construction still continues, commuter traffic has been disastrous. BY SAM RATHKE
HORSES - Four teenaged girls dressed in riding boots and khaki breeches stood along Wood Road, asking if they had seen a rogue horse wandering around. Back at If Only Farm, horse owner Susan Lowe made frantic calls to the sheriff's office. At some point during the dark, early morning hours of August 27th, three of Lowe's prized horses had escaped from the quaint, secluded farm. DABIR
CHARTER -- The New Roots Charter School celebrated its official opening Friday Aug. 28 with "Jazz on the Porch", a jazz concert featuring New Roots students and community members. Approximately 75 people attended the concert, which was held at the historic Clinton House--the location of the new school. The school's opening comes amid controversry stretching back to January over funds needed to support the school and underenrollment.
MAURA GLADYS
SOLAR - Cornell students display their 2009 solar house entry at the Great New York State Fair in preparation for this year's international Solar Decathlon competition in Washington D.C. The team, comprised of 150 Cornell students representing all six colleges and the Johnson School, is one of only 20 groups to participate. BATAILLE
SLUMP – As rent costs rise and payments stay stagnant, Ithaca residents are having trouble making ends meet. Job losses and home foreclosures are forcing retired residents to go back to work, and driving many into soup kitchens for meals they can no longer afford. Ithaca's Loaves and Fishes diner attendence rose 16% over the past year, and the end is nowhere in sight. -- ALEXANDRA PALOMBO
PIZZA DUEL - Maverick pizza pionneer of Sammy's Pizza leaves in order to establish AmerItalia Pizzeria. Conflicts have thus come about due to the increased competition among pizza parlors in the Commons and questions regarding why the owner left Sammy's Pizzeria in the first place. FANBURG
INTEGRATIVEMEDCENTER
The Integrative Medicine Center (IMC) in Ithaca offers western and alternative medicine that is not covered by traditional health care providers. Founded in 2002 and recognized as a “pioneer of integrative medicine" in the nation, the center has been striving to raise awareness about preventative medicine in the community. BRIANA PADILLA
MUSIC – Local music scene in limbo. As one record store dies out, another is reborn. Future of music stores in Ithaca uncertain and unreliable. BY SARAH CRAIG.
YMCA -- The Local Ymca Is Building A New Athletics And Events Center. It Can Effect The Ymca Members And May Confuse Them On Where To Enter Or If The Construction Will Be Changing Ymca Hours. Finding Out When Construction Will Be Finished And What The New Facilities Will Include. How Employees Feel About The Reconstruction. Where Did The Funding Come From During These Times Of Economic Trouble? TORI MCCLURG
MARKET PARKING -- Limited parking keeps some away from the Ithaca Farmer's Market, but one local farmer proposes a creative solution: a shuttle boat that could take market visitors across the canal from Steamboat Landing to Cass Park, where there is more than ample parking available. EMILY STONER
HEALTH CARE -- The national health care debate comes to Ithaca on Tuesday night. Geoff Berman of Organizing for America will be holding a town hall meeting at the Aurora Street pavilion in the Commons to explain and answer questions about President Obama's proposal to overhaul the nation's health care system. About 100 people are expected to attend the event.
ZACH TOMANELLI
TARTS - The Queen of Tarts cafe in Ithaca will officially change ownership Friday. Because of the time demands of running the cafe, current owner Leslie Muhlhahn has sold the business to the Kadar family, who have previously owned other notable restaurants in the Ithaca community. Muhlhahn will keep her other food business, Just Desserts, while the Kadar family hopes to begin building upon the menu within their first weeks of ownership. -- MEG MALONE
FAIRY TALE CELEBRATION
ITHACA-The Kitschen Sink, a local art gallery and gift shop, celebrate their first year of business with a fairy tale reception, featuring local poets. "Where the Winged Spirit Lives," the shop's display of paintings, dolls and dwellings by local artists, is on display from August to September.
RINDFLEISCH
RESTARAUNTS AND ECONOMY
Local restaraunts have been transformed by the economic downturn. What has the receeding economy done to independent, small restaraunts? What struggles are chain corporations in Ithaca facing? While there are differences in how these competitors deal with the economy, the similarity remains that neither can say they have been unaffected... NICOLE LAWRENCE
CONSTRUCTION - Construction on State Street has been causing traffic confusion in the Ithaca area all summer. Now that both IC and Cornell semesters have started and construction still continues, commuter traffic has been disastrous. BY SAM RATHKE
HORSES - Four teenaged girls dressed in riding boots and khaki breeches stood along Wood Road, asking if they had seen a rogue horse wandering around. Back at If Only Farm, horse owner Susan Lowe made frantic calls to the sheriff's office. At some point during the dark, early morning hours of August 27th, three of Lowe's prized horses had escaped from the quaint, secluded farm. DABIR
CHARTER -- The New Roots Charter School celebrated its official opening Friday Aug. 28 with "Jazz on the Porch", a jazz concert featuring New Roots students and community members. Approximately 75 people attended the concert, which was held at the historic Clinton House--the location of the new school. The school's opening comes amid controversry stretching back to January over funds needed to support the school and underenrollment.
MAURA GLADYS
SOLAR - Cornell students display their 2009 solar house entry at the Great New York State Fair in preparation for this year's international Solar Decathlon competition in Washington D.C. The team, comprised of 150 Cornell students representing all six colleges and the Johnson School, is one of only 20 groups to participate. BATAILLE
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Sony Cybershot -- still camera
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Flip Video camera
AG15 video camera
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Links to technology
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Adobe Photoshop -- http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/
Flickr -- http://www.flickr.com/
DeviantArt -- http://www.deviantart.com/
Fotki -- http://www.fotki.com/us/en/
Zooomr -- http://www.zooomr.com/
Soundslides -- http://soundslides.com/
Garage Band -- http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
iTunes -- http://www.itunesitunes.com/
Vuvox -- http://www.vuvox.com/
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Format for tryout assignment
Here's a cleaned up version of the format to type up your tryout assignments. This is based on an old assignment I gave my students years ago in California. This is the old way that reporters used to type copy when it was all done by typewriters. I believe if you download it, you should be able to print it out to get the format write. Line spacing here is actually 1.5 lines.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Syllabus for News Writing & Reporting II
Course Description: This course continues on the foundation of News Reporting and Writing I. It explores the techniques used to research and report complex political, social, and economic issues for all media. Students learn advanced strategies for how to investigate the most common areas covered by reporters, including education, zoning and development, crime, legal affairs, public forums and other governmental entities. Advanced writing techniques for various types of news articles, including tight deadline reporting and writing, are also taught. Strategies are developed for individual reporting projects in print, broadcast, and digital media. Published examples are critiqued to lead students toward an ethical and analytic approach to public affairs reporting.
The plan: This course is designed to bring students into the professional world of journalism. After being challenged on reporting and writing skills and knowledge of Associated Press style, students will be broken into groups that will work as competing news agencies. While the work will be graded individually, the atmosphere will be collaborative. Journalists work as teams within their news organizations to cover a variety of angles when a story breaks. It is a fast-paced environment where the strong survive. Your ideas and stories will be subject to criticism within your group and the class, but the goal is for the criticism to be useful and respectful. Still, remember that you will need a thick skin in this business.
There are a series of assignments throughout the semester, but it is better to think of it as one proposition: You’ve been hired as a reporter to cover the Ithaca community and the surrounding area. To succeed in this job you need to get out into that community and meet people, find out the issues, uncover the unreported stories and coordinate with your colleagues on how to best report them. Fire, business, sports and science are some of the topics that you will be covering, but don’t restrict yourself by tackling these in order. Instead, you should be working contacts with the idea that anyone you meet could be a source for any one of these topics. Part of your job in this class is to tell stories from the Ithaca community, not the Ithaca College community. In this class you have the opportunity to use the city of Ithaca and the surrounding areas (Cortland County, etc…) as your “real world” news market. Part of your grade comes from the story you pitch. If you pitch an IC story, it better be something the community as a whole (Ithaca and beyond) would be interested in
Grading:
The tryout 5%
Beat notes/future files 5%
AP Style test 10%
Fire assignment 10%
Business assignment 15%
Sports assignment 10%
Science assignment 20%
Final project 25%
Course Outcomes: Through each of these assignments, you will learn and be assessed on these skills:
1) Working a beat for a news organization.
2) Optimizing the Web to reach an audience.
3) Editing video in a variety of software.
4) Using audio, video and Web elements in a news report.
5) Writing for all aspects of journalism
6) Understanding the importance of voice pitch and clarity when telling a story
Required:
The Associated Press Stylebook
Flip Video camera or comparable equipment
Reading the local newspaper and watching local news every day.
Rules for the classroom:
1) Can’t eat food in class (because of the computers).
2) No cell phones going off during class.
3) No use of laptops in class, unless your professor has approved their use as part of an assignment.
4) Maintain respect for your colleagues.
COURSE POLICIES
Attendance: Your active attendance and participation is required. After a third unexcused absence, your grade for the semester will drop by one step for each subsequent absence. For example, a student getting a B+ in class would drop to a B. Excused absences are for bereavement or documented illness. If you have a conflict with another class assignment, let me know about the situation ahead of time. If you are absent from class, it is your responsibility to get assignments, handouts, notes from discussions and lectures, etc, from a fellow student. Please come to class prepared.
Academic honesty: The use of work other than your own without proper citation or credit is a serious offense. Penalties for plagiarism include: failure on the assignment and/or failure in the course and/or College academic discipline, which could mean suspension or dismissal from the College. Plagiarism can involve not only written work but computer programs, photographs, artwork, films, videos, and audios. If you are at all unsure about what constitutes plagiarism, or how to give credit, see your instructor and consult the Student Handbook (see "plagiarism" in the index).In a collaborative project, all involved students may be held responsible for academic misconduct if they are either knowing participants in plagiarism or complicitous. Our recommended style manual is published by the American Psychological Association and is available in the bookstore.
Students with disabilities : In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation will be provided to students with documented disabilities on a case by case basis. Students must register with the Office of Academic Support Services and provide appropriate documentation to the college before any academic adjustment will be provided. To contact that office call 274-1005, or contact Leslie Schettino, Director of Support Services for Students With Disabilities, at lschettino@ithaca.edu.
Mental health: Diminished mental health, including significant stress, mood changes, excessive worry, or problems with eating and/or sleeping can interfere with optimal academic performance. Problems with relationships, family worries, loss, or a personal struggle or crisis can also contribute to decreased academic performance. Ithaca College provides a Counseling Center to support the academic success of students. The Counseling Center provides cost-free services to help you manage personal challenges that threaten your well-being. Getting help is a smart and courageous thing to do – for yourself and for your loved ones.
Safety: You must respond to and report conditions and actions that may jeopardize your safety, or that of other people and/or equipment. Report to the responsible College employee. During class sessions that person would be your instructor or lab assistant. Outside of class the person might be your instructor, lab supervisor, co-curricular manager, equipment and facilities manager, or one of the engineering support staff. You must be aware that misuse of equipment or use of damaged equipment can create the risk of serious injury, infectious contamination, and expensive damage. You may be liable for damage or injury resulting from such use. Unsupervised use of facilities puts you at risk. Failure to be alert to safety problems, or to report them, may have serious consequences for you or others.
Academic honesty: The use of work other than your own without proper citation or credit is a serious offense. Penalties for plagiarism include: failure on the assignment and/or failure in the course and/or College academic discipline, which could mean suspension or dismissal from the College. Plagiarism can involve not only written work but computer programs, photographs, artwork, films, videos, and audios. If you are at all unsure about what constitutes plagiarism, or how to give credit, see your instructor and consult the Student Handbook (see "plagiarism" in the index).In a collaborative project, all involved students may be held responsible for academic misconduct if they are either knowing participants in plagiarism or complicitous. Our recommended style manual is published by the American Psychological Association and is available in the bookstore.
Students with disabilities: In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation will be provided to students with documented disabilities on a case by case basis. Students must register with the Office of Academic Support Services and provide appropriate documentation to the college before any academic adjustment will be provided. To contact that office call 274-1005, or contact Leslie Schettino, Director of Support Services for Students With Disabilities, at lschettino@ithaca.edu.
Safety: You must respond to and report conditions and actions that may jeopardize your safety, or that of other people and/or equipment. Report to the responsible College employee. During class sessions that person would be your instructor or lab assistant. Outside of class the person might be your instructor, lab supervisor, co-curricular manager, equipment and facilities manager, or one of the engineering support staff. You must be aware that misuse of equipment or use of damaged equipment can create the risk of serious injury, infectious contamination, and expensive damage. You may be liable for damage or injury resulting from such use. Unsupervised use of facilities puts you at risk. Failure to be alert to safety problems, or to report them, may have serious consequences for you or others.
DEADLINES: Deadlines are FINAL. There are no exceptions – you will receive a failing grade if you hand in an assignment after deadline.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Aug. 26: Introduction and course overview. Reviewing the basics and AP Style.
Assignment: THE TRYOUT – find and report a news story for print.
Aug. 31 to Sept. 2: Working in a newsroom, working a beat and developing sources. Pitching story ideas, writing skedlines, beatnotes and future files. Turn in tryout assignments.
Sept. 9: The business assignment. Picking teams that will work as news agencies. Learn iMovie HD or Final Cut Pro. Individual sessions to review tryout assignments.
Sept. 14 to 16: Pitching business stories, choosing a theme, writing a budget, making assignments within groups. Optimizing the Web.
Sept. 21 to 23: Business packages due. AP Style test.
Sept. 28 to 30: The sports assignment. Creating timelines with Dipity
Oct. 5 to 7: Pitching and planning the sports assignment.
Oct, 12 to 14. Sports packages due.
Oct. 15 and 16 - FALL BREAK
Oct. 19 to 21: Pitching and planning the fire assignment.
Oct. 26 to 28: Fire assignment due.
Nov. 2 to 4: The science or medical assignment.
Nov. 9 to 11: Pitching and planning the medical/science assignment
Nov. 16 to 18: Medical/science assignment due.
Nov. 21 to 29: Thanksgiving break.
Nov. 30 to Dec. 2: Pitching and planning the final project
Dec. 7 to 9: Work on final projects.
Final exam period (2 p.m. class) : 7:30 to 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Final exam period (4 p.m. class): 4:30 to 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14.
The plan: This course is designed to bring students into the professional world of journalism. After being challenged on reporting and writing skills and knowledge of Associated Press style, students will be broken into groups that will work as competing news agencies. While the work will be graded individually, the atmosphere will be collaborative. Journalists work as teams within their news organizations to cover a variety of angles when a story breaks. It is a fast-paced environment where the strong survive. Your ideas and stories will be subject to criticism within your group and the class, but the goal is for the criticism to be useful and respectful. Still, remember that you will need a thick skin in this business.
There are a series of assignments throughout the semester, but it is better to think of it as one proposition: You’ve been hired as a reporter to cover the Ithaca community and the surrounding area. To succeed in this job you need to get out into that community and meet people, find out the issues, uncover the unreported stories and coordinate with your colleagues on how to best report them. Fire, business, sports and science are some of the topics that you will be covering, but don’t restrict yourself by tackling these in order. Instead, you should be working contacts with the idea that anyone you meet could be a source for any one of these topics. Part of your job in this class is to tell stories from the Ithaca community, not the Ithaca College community. In this class you have the opportunity to use the city of Ithaca and the surrounding areas (Cortland County, etc…) as your “real world” news market. Part of your grade comes from the story you pitch. If you pitch an IC story, it better be something the community as a whole (Ithaca and beyond) would be interested in
Grading:
The tryout 5%
Beat notes/future files 5%
AP Style test 10%
Fire assignment 10%
Business assignment 15%
Sports assignment 10%
Science assignment 20%
Final project 25%
Course Outcomes: Through each of these assignments, you will learn and be assessed on these skills:
1) Working a beat for a news organization.
2) Optimizing the Web to reach an audience.
3) Editing video in a variety of software.
4) Using audio, video and Web elements in a news report.
5) Writing for all aspects of journalism
6) Understanding the importance of voice pitch and clarity when telling a story
Required:
The Associated Press Stylebook
Flip Video camera or comparable equipment
Reading the local newspaper and watching local news every day.
Rules for the classroom:
1) Can’t eat food in class (because of the computers).
2) No cell phones going off during class.
3) No use of laptops in class, unless your professor has approved their use as part of an assignment.
4) Maintain respect for your colleagues.
COURSE POLICIES
Attendance: Your active attendance and participation is required. After a third unexcused absence, your grade for the semester will drop by one step for each subsequent absence. For example, a student getting a B+ in class would drop to a B. Excused absences are for bereavement or documented illness. If you have a conflict with another class assignment, let me know about the situation ahead of time. If you are absent from class, it is your responsibility to get assignments, handouts, notes from discussions and lectures, etc, from a fellow student. Please come to class prepared.
Academic honesty: The use of work other than your own without proper citation or credit is a serious offense. Penalties for plagiarism include: failure on the assignment and/or failure in the course and/or College academic discipline, which could mean suspension or dismissal from the College. Plagiarism can involve not only written work but computer programs, photographs, artwork, films, videos, and audios. If you are at all unsure about what constitutes plagiarism, or how to give credit, see your instructor and consult the Student Handbook (see "plagiarism" in the index).In a collaborative project, all involved students may be held responsible for academic misconduct if they are either knowing participants in plagiarism or complicitous. Our recommended style manual is published by the American Psychological Association and is available in the bookstore.
Students with disabilities : In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation will be provided to students with documented disabilities on a case by case basis. Students must register with the Office of Academic Support Services and provide appropriate documentation to the college before any academic adjustment will be provided. To contact that office call 274-1005, or contact Leslie Schettino, Director of Support Services for Students With Disabilities, at lschettino@ithaca.edu.
Mental health: Diminished mental health, including significant stress, mood changes, excessive worry, or problems with eating and/or sleeping can interfere with optimal academic performance. Problems with relationships, family worries, loss, or a personal struggle or crisis can also contribute to decreased academic performance. Ithaca College provides a Counseling Center to support the academic success of students. The Counseling Center provides cost-free services to help you manage personal challenges that threaten your well-being. Getting help is a smart and courageous thing to do – for yourself and for your loved ones.
Safety: You must respond to and report conditions and actions that may jeopardize your safety, or that of other people and/or equipment. Report to the responsible College employee. During class sessions that person would be your instructor or lab assistant. Outside of class the person might be your instructor, lab supervisor, co-curricular manager, equipment and facilities manager, or one of the engineering support staff. You must be aware that misuse of equipment or use of damaged equipment can create the risk of serious injury, infectious contamination, and expensive damage. You may be liable for damage or injury resulting from such use. Unsupervised use of facilities puts you at risk. Failure to be alert to safety problems, or to report them, may have serious consequences for you or others.
Academic honesty: The use of work other than your own without proper citation or credit is a serious offense. Penalties for plagiarism include: failure on the assignment and/or failure in the course and/or College academic discipline, which could mean suspension or dismissal from the College. Plagiarism can involve not only written work but computer programs, photographs, artwork, films, videos, and audios. If you are at all unsure about what constitutes plagiarism, or how to give credit, see your instructor and consult the Student Handbook (see "plagiarism" in the index).In a collaborative project, all involved students may be held responsible for academic misconduct if they are either knowing participants in plagiarism or complicitous. Our recommended style manual is published by the American Psychological Association and is available in the bookstore.
Students with disabilities: In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation will be provided to students with documented disabilities on a case by case basis. Students must register with the Office of Academic Support Services and provide appropriate documentation to the college before any academic adjustment will be provided. To contact that office call 274-1005, or contact Leslie Schettino, Director of Support Services for Students With Disabilities, at lschettino@ithaca.edu.
Safety: You must respond to and report conditions and actions that may jeopardize your safety, or that of other people and/or equipment. Report to the responsible College employee. During class sessions that person would be your instructor or lab assistant. Outside of class the person might be your instructor, lab supervisor, co-curricular manager, equipment and facilities manager, or one of the engineering support staff. You must be aware that misuse of equipment or use of damaged equipment can create the risk of serious injury, infectious contamination, and expensive damage. You may be liable for damage or injury resulting from such use. Unsupervised use of facilities puts you at risk. Failure to be alert to safety problems, or to report them, may have serious consequences for you or others.
DEADLINES: Deadlines are FINAL. There are no exceptions – you will receive a failing grade if you hand in an assignment after deadline.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Aug. 26: Introduction and course overview. Reviewing the basics and AP Style.
Assignment: THE TRYOUT – find and report a news story for print.
Aug. 31 to Sept. 2: Working in a newsroom, working a beat and developing sources. Pitching story ideas, writing skedlines, beatnotes and future files. Turn in tryout assignments.
Sept. 9: The business assignment. Picking teams that will work as news agencies. Learn iMovie HD or Final Cut Pro. Individual sessions to review tryout assignments.
Sept. 14 to 16: Pitching business stories, choosing a theme, writing a budget, making assignments within groups. Optimizing the Web.
Sept. 21 to 23: Business packages due. AP Style test.
Sept. 28 to 30: The sports assignment. Creating timelines with Dipity
Oct. 5 to 7: Pitching and planning the sports assignment.
Oct, 12 to 14. Sports packages due.
Oct. 15 and 16 - FALL BREAK
Oct. 19 to 21: Pitching and planning the fire assignment.
Oct. 26 to 28: Fire assignment due.
Nov. 2 to 4: The science or medical assignment.
Nov. 9 to 11: Pitching and planning the medical/science assignment
Nov. 16 to 18: Medical/science assignment due.
Nov. 21 to 29: Thanksgiving break.
Nov. 30 to Dec. 2: Pitching and planning the final project
Dec. 7 to 9: Work on final projects.
Final exam period (2 p.m. class) : 7:30 to 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Final exam period (4 p.m. class): 4:30 to 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14.
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