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RTVJ Style Rules

Writing for the Web


Professional
Media Associations

Electronic or Broadcast
Radio & TV News Directors Association (RTNDA)

Code of Ethics & Conduct

Print or Newspaper/Magazine
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

Worldwide News Organizations

Follow-up on FEATURE STORY assignment.
Graded papers returned today.

REVIEW: Major elements needed in each feature:

A unique, local and/or timely focus that
connects with our broader local readership

Factual support with attribution for your chosen
story angle to enable reporter credibility with readers

Tommy Tran and additional balancing source quotes
to provide balance or broader perspectives

Good writing which clearly, precisely
and creatively tells an interesting story.

ONLINE FEATURE STORIES

Swine flu closes more Bay Area schools

Branham students say week off for swine flu scare
is not what it's cracked up to be

HBO's Alzheimer's series aims to push for cure

Cowboys assistant coach set for surgery

Hired! Job searching from coast to coast

Getting paid not to work

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Current Textbook Reading Assignment:
Chapters 4, 5 & 8

J61 Class : Newspaper feature writing assignment

Focus: Tommy Tran (Unique points he raised)
Our Guest Lecturer Monday. Keep your notes for
your story. Now look for additional sources
to round out your story. That means you can
contact other SJSU Journalism faculty or local
media professionals - NOT BY EMAIL.

Write a two page, double-spaced, half-inch margins
 newspaper feature story.

Thanks to Prof. Tom Ulrich for his special
newspaper guest lectures!

This story is due to Prof. Rucker:
MONDAY, APRIL 27th in class only!
*Graded Assignment*

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News Voyager: Finding a newspaper nationwide

How to write a newspaper article

Newspaper Writing
 

How to become a... Newspaper Columnist Sports Columnist Fashion Columnist Movie Critic

Dealing with Spelling Errors

Insider Info - Newspaper Careers

Skills for Working as an Overseas Journalist

Obituary Writing Tips



The Newspaper Industry 2009
 

Current Edition:
 

How to save our newspapers
Do newspapers have a future?
Blog: There's the death of print & then there's the death of print



 

History of Valentine's Day
History.com

Welcome to the INFORMATION AGE explosion!

 Jobs Available !!!   Help Wanted Now:
Good multimedia trained, multi-subject news writers with good
grammar, spelling and self-starter, critical thinking skills
who can multi-task under time-pressured deadlines.

      

                

JOUR 61: WRITING FOR PRINT, ELECTRONIC AND ONLINE MEDIA
 (3 UNITS). Introduction to writing for media--newspaper, magazines,
electronic and the Internet--as well as producing content for multi-media
distribution in a converged media environment. Emphasis on how different
media require different writing styles and content.

Prerequisites including major restrictions: ENGL 1A and ENGL 1B.

Student Learning Objectives

To successfully complete this course, students must be able to:

Demonstrate that they can write a hard news story in multimedia
formats for radio, TV, newspapers, magazines and online.

Demonstrate that they can write and/or produce content for
convergent media.

Demonstrate the ability to transcribe quotations exactly and
attribute all information or action to a source if they
don't observe it.

• Demonstrate the ability to verify all assertions of fact when
  gathering information and when interviewing sources for a story.
   
• Write and/or produce stories that demonstrate good journalistic
  writing that is factually accurate, fair, clear, concise and has good
  sourcing and attribution as well as the correct use of quotes,
  grammar, spelling and Associated Press or broadcast news style.
   
• Critically evaluate their own work and that of others for good
  journalistic writing, including factual accuracy, fairness, clarity,
  conciseness, good sourcing and attribution as well as the correct
  use of quotes, grammar, spelling and Associated Press style.
         
• Explain how different approaches to news consumers shape
   the conception, reporting and writing of stories in various media.
  
  
  
  REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

Harrower, Tim (2006).  Inside reporting: 
           A practical guide to the craft of journalism. 
Boston: McGraw-Hill. 

Helpful Support Texts
Self help books for those who know they need to work on
improving their spelling and basic writing skills.
 

5/4 Update: Still on
verge of bankruptcy

5/3 Video Report
 

5/4: Swine flu
closes more
Bay Area schools

SJSU Updates
Latest campus information

More Details:

CNN
World Health Organization (WHO)
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
American Medical Association (AMA)
See potential symptoms
& treatment suggestions

BEWARE!

One in five employers uses social networks in
hiring process.

Can they do this legally?

Top areas of concern
on social networking sites

Social networking sites
dos and don'ts

"Before you shoot
off your mouth,
make sure
your brains are
loaded."
- Abraham Lincoln
16th President
 

All students
must keep up with
Current Events
daily.
Expect to be asked
"What's the latest
news" in every class.
 

ABC News

Associated Press

CNN

CBS News

MSNBC

MTV Rock the Vote

FOX News