Oct. 18 Class Outline

Sports Reporting Class, October 18, 2011

Quote of the day:
"Be gentle to all and stern with yourself."
Saint Teresa of Avila

Assignments
Due today: Article critique #4
Due next week: Article #3

Class topics for today
--Mike Breen talk on Wednesday. BE THERE!
--Reverse interview: I will ask you questions! It will be fun … I will explain in class.
--In class writing assignment TBA. We’ll make it brief and fun.
--Continue discussion on final articles

Article #2 feedback: Getting better!
--Biggest pet peeve this week: Chronological stories. Get the important news at or near the top of the story. Remember the Inverted Pyramid! It’s an old idea … but it still works and it is still applicable for this class.
--AP quote styles are still a bit choppy and sloppy. Clean up or you’ll get marked down for it.
--Sourcing: It’s getting better, but still needs to be perfected.
--Overall, I like the progress of these articles.
--Starting with Article #3, though, the training wheels come off and no re-writes will be allowed. It’s one and done, like in the real world.

Wrapping it up:
--Because of the Breen talk on Wednesday, we’ll end class a bit earlier on Tuesday.
--Bring a notebook to the Breen talk, as we will require a short paper on the evening.