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Journalism Workshop

JOUR 210 / SECTION 01 Fall 2011 TTR 9:30-10:45 a.m. BATTEN 217 Prerequisites: C or better in ENG 105 with C or higher

Instructor Lisa Lyon Payne, Ph.D Phone Office


(757) 455-3109

Email lpayne@vwc.edu

TTH 11 a.m.-1 p.m. or by appointment

Course Description & Objectives


To provide critically-thinking, motivated students with practical experience in working journalism. This is a practical workshop in which students contribute to The Marlin Chronicle as writers, designers, and photographers. Students are encouraged to discover and develop a specialty.

Requirements:
Attendance; initiative productivity, reading. It is your responsibility to provide staff support for The Marlin Chronicle. You will be assigned a specialty and/or beat; ultimately, you will be asked to specialize in an area: news writing, feature writing, photography, or graphic design. You will be mentored, supervised and expected to perform, just as you would for any professional publication. Your grade will depend on the amount and quality of your contributions as assessed by your editors and your adviser. Each week you will keep a journal of the work you have done for the Chronicle as a measure of your progress. The journal is to be turned in to your editor at mid-term and at the end of the semester. The editors and the adviser will train as noted.

Materials for Class


Newspapers, including The Marlin Chronicle.(The Virginian-Pilot website is www.pilotonline.com.) Also, An Insiders Guide to the Marlin Chronicle. Norfolk/Virginia Beach: Virginia Wesleyan College, 2007. The AP Stylebook. E-mail Address: E-mail is accessible to all VWC students. I recommend you check this account regularly for updates; and it will be helpful for you to be able to communicate with me and/or your classmates.

Attendance
You will officially meet with your editor each Tuesday, during designated class time to review your progress and learn about your new writing assignments. The remaining class day will be spent gathering information and quotes, checking facts in the Library, and writing/preparing your stories for your editors. I will be available during this time to assist with any writing questions or problems. The newsroom computers are available to you for your assignments. Editors will also be meeting on Tuesday evenings in the newsroom at 6 p.m., with attendance open to all writers at 6:30 p.m. Pre deadline meetings will occur Monday evenings before publication deadlines at 6:30 p.m. Your participation in these meetings may be occasionally necessary. Talk with your editor about this possibility. Newspaper deadline dates for the semester are as follows: February 21 March 6 March 27 April 17 May 1 May 8 (orientation issue)

Participation & Classroom Conduct


Students are expected to come to class on the assigned day. Tuesday meeting times will be essential for understanding your writing assignments and maintaining good communication with your editors. You are expected to act with a high level of professionalism in this class. Be courteous and respectful to your classmates and instructor and you can expect the same in return.

Grading
All graded work must be typed using 12-point font (Times New Roman preferred) and one-inch margins. Accuracy, spelling, grammar, punctuation and clean copy will have direct effects on your grades. Take the time to proofread and correct your work. Keep in mind that As are reserved for exceptional performance. Reporting is a deadline-driven business and this course is designed to simulate that environment. Deadlines will be set forth by your editors. No late papers will be accepted. No exceptions. Workshop students are expected to write at least 2 complete stories for each issue of the newspaper. Whether or not these stories are published is up to your editor. Your grade will be determined by the following criteria: Did you submit two complete news stories as assigned for each issue of The Marlin Chronicle? Were the stories submitted by deadline? Were the stories accurate, well written and composed in proper journalistic style?
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Did you demonstrate professional, reliable and conscientious behavior with your editor?

Academic Integrity
Members of the academic community of Virginia Wesleyan College agree to maintain academic honesty by abiding by the honor code. Acts of academic dishonesty which include cheating, plagiarism, lying, theft and falsifying data are violations of the honor code. For a complete statement of the honor code see the Student Handbook distributed through the Dean of Students Office. Each of you should be committed to academic honesty. Cheating in any form compromises your grade and lowers the quality of your diploma. A fellow student who cheats may actually lower your grade, sometimes causing unfair and inflated grading scales. I hope each of you values your college education enough to protect yourself from dishonest classmates. If you are aware of cheating taking place, please contact the instructor, and proper action will be taken. Make the system work for you. The quality of students reflects the quality of Virginia Wesleyan College.

Students with Disabilities


Virginia Wesleyan recognizes, and is sensitive to, students with special needs. In order to use accommodations, students must first register with the colleges disability services coordinator, Fayne Pearson (455-3246), and provide the college with appropriate professional documentation. If you need accommodations in this course because of a documented disability, or if you have emergency medical information to share, please inform me as soon as possible.

Course Schedule Week 1 January 31 February 2 Week 2 February 7 February 9 Week 3 February 14 February 16 Week 4 February 21 February 23

Introduction and organization. Meeting with editors. Planning begins for Issue 1. Planning continues for Issue 1 Meeting with the editors. Review news writing basics and AP style Individual writing assignments Meeting with the editors. Planning continues for Issue 1. Deadline for (2) workshop stories Issue 1. Planning begins for Issue 2 Meeting with the editors. Planning for issue 2 MC DEADLINE NIGHT ISSUE 1 Individual writing assignments

Week 5 February 28 Meeting with the editors. Critique issue 1 March 1 Week 6 March 6 March 8 Week 7 March 13 March 15 Week 8 March 20 March 22 Deadline for (2) workshop stories Issue 2. Individual writing assignments Meeting with the editors Planning begins for Issue 3 MC DEADLINE NIGHT ISSUE 2 Individual writing assignments Meeting with the editors. Critique issue 2 Deadline for (2) workshop stories Issue 3 Individual writing assignments JOURNALS DUE Spring Break Spring Break

Week 9 March 27 March 29 Week 10 April 3 April 5 Week 11 April 10 April 12 Week 12 April 17 April 19 Week 13 April 24 April 26 Week 14 May 1 May 3 Week 15 May 8

Meeting with the editors MC DEADLINE NIGHT ISSUE 3 Individual writing assignments Meeting with the editors. Critique issue 3 Individual writing assignments Meeting with the editors Deadline for (2) workshop stories Issue 4 Meeting with the editors MC DEADLINE NIGHT ISSUE 4 Individual writing assignments Meeting with the editors. Critique issue 4 Deadline for (2) workshop stories Issue 5 Meeting with the editors MC DEADLINE NIGHT ISSUE 5 Deadline for Orientation Issue MC DEADLINE NIGHT Orientation Issue Critique issue 5 JOURNALS DUE

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