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Class meets in Kimpel Hall Room 305, 2- 3:20 Tuesday

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Required Books

Inside Reporting, Tim Harrower

Media Writer's Handbook, Arnold

Associated Press Stylebook (2005 or newer)

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Reading and Homework Assignments are due on the day under which they are listed below.

Week No. 1

Tuesday, Jan. 15

Introduction

Course introduction -- Class syllabus provided

First Week Assignment -- Complete this assignment during the week and send it to Professor Shurlds via e-mail.

Thursday Lecture -- Word Function

Week No. 2

Tuesday, Jan. 22

The 5 W's

Week No. 3

Tuesday, Jan. 29

Ledes

READ: InRep: Chap. 3 pp.40-49 (ledes)
AP Style -- Places: See stylebook entries for states, directions, county, cities  and towns, city, datelines. ALSO: Time: Dates, days of the week, yesterday, today, tonight, tomorrow, months, years, decades, time of day, a.m. and p.m., historical periods and events, century, and all cross references            
MWH: Chapter 2, "Are These Distinctions Worth Making?" pp. 15-24 and Chapter 3, "Language Lapses," pp. 25-29, and in punctuation, pp. 170-174 and 176-186 (periods, question marks and commas), pp. 199-204 (hyphens), and apostrophes (205-208).

Homework No. 2 Due: Sentences with "places" and "time." (Total of 10.) BE SURE to look at the instructions (click the Homework Due link) on how to do this, available by using the link above. You will not get full credit if you don't follow the directions precisely.

Thursday Lecture -- Plurals and possessives

Week No. 4

Tuesday, Feb. 5

Language Precision

READ:  InRep: 46-53, the rest of the story; 58-59, 66 newswriting tips
MWH: Chapter 4, "It's Nobody's Guess," pp. 30-42; " “The Trouble with Only,” pp. 43-46; and  “One Potato, Two Potatoes,” pp. 47-51.
AP --  Numbers and Measurements/ Plurals and Possessives: See stylebook entries for numerals and all its cross references, and under the stylebook headings of dimensions, monetary units, weights and all cross references. ALSO read entries under "plurals" and "possessives."

Homework No. 3 Due: Sentences with "numbers" and "measurements." BE SURE to look at the instructions on how to do this, available by using the link above. You will not get full credit if you don't follow the directions precisely.

Week No. 5

Tuesday, Feb. 12

Exam

Week No. 6

Tuesday, Feb. 19

News Values

Homework No. 5 Due: . Five uses of math in news stories. BE SURE to look at the instructions on how to do this, available by using the link above. You will not get full credit if you don't follow the directions precisely.

Thursday's Lecture -- Agreement

Week No. 8

Tuesday, March 4

Story ideas

Reading: InRep: pp. 94, 96-109, 112-115, and 130-133

Homework No. 6 Due: Five ideas for stories for The Traveler.  BE SURE to look at the instructions on how to do this, available by using the link above. You will not get full credit if you don't follow the directions precisely.

Week No. 9

Tuesday, March 11

Exam

Week No. 10

Spring Break

Week No. 11

Tuesday, March 25

Beyond News Stories

Homework No. 7 Due: 500-page paper due. BE SURE to look at the instructions on how to do this, available by using the link above. You will not get full credit if you don't follow the directions precisely. InRep: Online journalism:  154-162;  Broadcast journalism: 164-171; Public relations: 176-183.

Week No. 12

Tuesday, April 1

Law and Ethics

Week No. 13

Tuesday, April 8

Diversity Issues

Week No. 14

Tuesday, April 15

Other writing forms

Week No. 15

Tuesday, April 22

Extra Credit Fair

DUE: All portfolios due

Week No. 16

Tuesday, April 29

Final Exam

Comprehensive Final Exam