Week 14 (class schedule Week 16) News writing

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Grammar: Pronouns Instructions: Please correct the errors in the sentences below. Do not avoid the grammar issue by rewriting a sentence. Keep the words in the same order, but correct the sentence so that the pronoun agrees with its antecedent, the noun. 1. The baseball team won their game Monday. 2. The Tigers coaching staff will craft their strategy for Saturday’s game. 3. The city council will conduct their meeting Tuesday. 4. Did either of the girls lose their bicycle? 5. None of the great painters believed that their achievements equaled their ambitions.

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Grammar answers: Pronouns  1. The baseball team won its game Monday.  2. The Tigers coaching staff will craft its strategy for Saturday’s game.  3. The city council will conduct its meeting Tuesday.  4. Did either of the girls lose her bicycle?  5. All of the great painters believed that their achievements fell short of their ambitions. Or: The great painters believed that their achievements fell short of their ambitions.

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Beat Story #1  The story’s disadvantage  The story’s advantage  Consider everything and anything:  lead  nut graph  headline (if applicable)  quotes, attribution  AP style  Grammar, punctuation, redundancy, cliches, wordy sentences, passive voice, SVO sentences, and other stylistic elements.  Accuracy, fairness, and balance

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Beat Story #2  The story’s disadvantage  The story’s advantage  Consider everything and anything:  lead  nut graph  headline (if applicable)  quotes, attribution  AP style  Grammar, punctuation, redundancy, cliches, wordy sentences, passive voice, SVO sentences, and other stylistic elements.  Accuracy, fairness, and balance

1.The college alumna set an all-time record for distance traveled when he returned to the campus for a reunion (2). 2.The funds were divided between Ford, Carter and McCarthy (1) people took the test; another 20 refused (2). 4.My dictionary is my Bible (1). McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Class 1: AP style practice

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Class 1: AP style practice answers  The college alumnus set a record for distance traveled when he returned to the campus for a reunion.  The funds were divided among Ford, Carter and McCarthy.  Ten people took the test; 20 others refused.  My dictionary is my bible.

lcome to the world of urnalism, where porters have been gging dirt, raking muck, king headlines and adlines for centuries w. It’s a history full of bloid trash, of slimy nsationalists, of runkards, deadbeats and mmers” (as a Harvard iversity president once scribed reporters). But it’s a history full of roes, too: men and men risking their lives tell stories of war and agedy, risking prisonment to defend ee speech. And as you n see here, reports have come beloved characters p culture, too, turning up movies, comics and TV ows as if guided by an cult hand. Every culture seeks effective ways to spread new information and gossip. In ancient times, news was written on clay tablets. In Caesar’s age, Romans read newsletters compiled by correspondents and handwritten by slaves. Wandering minstrels spread news (and the plague) in the Middle Ages. Them came ink on paper. Voices on airwaves. Newsreels, Web sites, And 24-hour cable news networks. Thus when scholars analyze the rich history of journalism, some view it in terms of technological progress—for example, the dramatic impact of bigger, faster printing presses. Others see journalism as a specialized form literary expression, one that’s constantly evolving, reflecting and shaping its culture. Others see it as an inspiring quest for free speech, an endless power struggle between Authority (trying to control information) and the People (trying to learn the truth). Which brings to mind the words of A.J. Liefling: “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to htose who own one.” In the pages ahead, we’ll take a quick tour of 600 years of journalism history, from hieroglyphics to hypertext: the media, the message and the politics. Technical advances and brilliant ideas forged a new style of journalism. It was a century of change, and newspapers changed dramatically. The typi newspaper of 1800 wa undisciplined mishma legislative proceeding long-winded essays a secondhand gossip. B 1900, a new breed of tor had emerged. Jour had become big busin Reporting was becom disciplined craft. And newspapers were bec more entertaining and essential than ever, w most of the features w expect today: Snappy headlines, Ads, Comic Sports pages. And an “inverted pyramid” sty writing that made stori tighter and newsier. Radio and television brought an end to newspapers’ media monopoly. Why? Well yourself: Which did yo Inside Reporting Tim Harrower Online reporting 8 McGraw-Hill © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Online reporting From print to the Web From print to the Web  Media convergence Media convergence  Online storytelling options Online storytelling options  Writing for online media Writing for online media 

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. From print to the Web  Online media offers readers more variety and control  Navigation crucial factor Electronic newspapers may replace dead- tree newspapers

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Online news sites From print to the Web  Traditional papers Arranging stories

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. From print to the Web  Need to develop new ways.  Tomorrow’s journalists will plan and produce news stories in different ways. To fulfill the potential of new media

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. From print to the Web  Timeliness  Print uses large photo to catch eye; Web uses smaller image  Print uses smaller text; Web uses larger text Navigating online news sites The story as a package Web stories can include: – Audio – Video – Links to related information – Other interactive elements

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. From print to the Web  Home page is gateway to online news Must be comprehensive Must be easy to navigate Compelling headlines for links Navigating online news sites

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. From print to the Web  Time/date  Index  Lead story  Page design for single-screen display  Navigation buttons Key home page elements  Search engine  Ads/promotions  Interactive extras  Links  Footer

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Media convergence  Newsroom convergence Journalists from different media share same workspace. Technological innovations transforming 21 st - century journalism  Newsgathering convergence Reporters, editors and photographers collaborate on reports.

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Media convergence  Content convergence Final story combines – Text. – Images. – Blogs. – Podcasts. – Slideshows. Technological innovations…

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Online storytelling options  Use print to explain.  Use multimedia to show.  Use interactives to demonstrate and engage. New forms of news deliveries

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Online storytelling options Video Audio Webcams and Webcasts Podcasts Animated graphics Live chats Reader feedback and comments Online polls and quizzes Downloads Archives Other Web sites Organizations Editorials and columns Additional story elements MultimediaInteractiveLinks

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Online storytelling options  Who creates blogs? Journalists Participants in breaking news Bloggers who monitor what’s new and newsworthy  Are blogs important? Everyone has a voice BLOGS: a way to add viewpoints But is it journalism? Journalistic supplement

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Writing for online media  “Chunk” your information.  Tweak your type to make it easier to scan.  Rethink what a “story” is. Tips for creating readable, user-friendly news stories for Web sites 5  Enhance your story with extra elements.  Collaborate.

McGraw-Hill Slide © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Writing for online media  Photocopy page 161.  Ask the team what’s this story really about. Summarize in 25 words or less. Online package planning guide  Think like a reader.  Organize.  Distribute copies.

Final Portfolio 4Hard copy submissions only 43 stories; 3 different beats 4Beat Story #4: Minimum 400 words; minimum two human sources; minimum two quotes. 4Beat Story #5: Minimum 450 words; minimum three human sources; minimum three quotes. 4Story #6: Minimum 300 words; minimum two sources; minimum two quotes. 412 point black font, Times New Roman 4Header: Name, student and class number 4Deadline: Last day of class, Thursday, June 27

Week 14 Assignments  Submit Beat stories #4-6 ideas  Final portfolio ideas  3 different beats  Submit as one entry; Make sure I can clearly differentiate one idea from the next (i.e. use numerals, bullet points etc.)  Deadline: Monday, June 17, 8 a.m.  Submit 3rd draft of Beat story #3  Grade must be lower than 70  Deadline: Sunday, June 16, 8 a.m.