5.  You each are going to start a blog

6.  WordPress is recommended

8.  You each are going to start a blog  WordPress is recommended  You’ll start posting your stories there... for all the world to see (especially friends, fam, potential employers, celebrities, etc.)

10.  You each are going to start a blog  WordPress is recommended  You’ll start posting your stories there... for all the world to see (especially friends, fam, potential employers, celebrities, etc.)  If anybody comes across a theme for an LAF- wide newspaper, we’ll go with it

11.  We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics

12.  Beats

13.  We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics  Beats, accidents and disasters

17.  We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics  Beats, accidents and disasters, crime

18.  We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics  Beats, accidents and disasters, crime, speeches and meetings

19.  We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics  Beats, accidents and disasters, crime, speeches and meetings, politics

20.  We’re going to go way deeper into journalism basics  Beats, accidents and disasters, crime, speeches and meetings, politics, sports

21.  Broadcast journalism

22.  Writing for television and radio

23.  Broadcast journalism  Writing for television and radio  Being on camera and on-air

24.  Broadcast journalism  Writing for television and radio  Being on camera and on-air  Take a tour of WWSB... ABC 7 Sarasota

26.  Broadcast journalism  Writing for television and radio  Being on camera and on-air  Take a tour of WWSB... ABC 7 Sarasota  Law and ethics: libel, privacy, copyright law, taste and decency, ethics

27.  Broadcast journalism  Writing for television and radio  Being on camera and on-air  Take a tour of WWSB... ABC 7 Sarasota  Law and ethics: libel, privacy, copyright law, taste and decency, ethics  Public relations: general PR, product publicity, social media, crisis communications, news releases, etc.

28.  We’re even going to sample entertainment writing: reviews of movies, restaurants, arts

29.  We’ll write some editorials and opinion columns

30.  But we’re never going to stray too far from our firm foundation: what is news (I can never prepare pancakes in England)

31.  But we’re never going to stray too far from our firm foundation: what is news (I can never prepare pancakes in England), the five Ws and an H

32.  But we’re never going to stray too far from our firm foundation: what is news (I can never prepare pancakes in England), the five Ws and an H, inverted pyramid and hard- news writing

33.  These will remain the most important parts of journalism for the foreseeable future

35.  Go to wordpress.org

36.  Select a theme for your blog and come up with a name for your blog

37.  Go to wordpress.org  Select a theme for your blog and come up with a name for your blog  Next week in class we’ll register your blog and get it started

38.  Read pages 89-99 of Inside Reporting  Read pages 203-214 of Telling the Story

39.  Read pages 89-99 of Inside Reporting  Read pages 203-214 of Telling the Story  Write a 350-word story: you have just been hired by the Washington Post. The editors offer you any beat on the paper. What beat would you choose? Why? How would you get started? Who are your key contacts? What story would you write first? Use the information from your readings.