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COURSE
OUTLINE 2003-2004 Monday
2:30-5:20
Philip Lee Course Description Print journalism is the art
of storytelling, the creation of literature on the run. This course
is designed for students who have completed Introduction to Journalistic
Writing (Journalism 2023). You will focus on developing advanced reporting,
storytelling and non-fiction writing skills. You will write stories
in various journalistic genres, including hard news, features, investigative
reports and commentaries for publication on web site edited by students
in the journalism programme. Classes will combine lectures and writing
workshops to allow you to develop as story tellers through narrative
writing, creating characters and constructing scenes. You will also
study and practice the art of reporting by refining interview techniques
and learning how to use paper and electronic archives. You will complete
stories, ready for web publication, every two weeks. Participation: 10% Required texts Baker, Bob. Newsthinking:
The Secret of Making Your Facts Fall into Place. Boston: Allyn &
Bacon, 2002. Course content The course will explore in detail the following: reporting techniques; investigative reporting; electronic research; traditional archival research; interviewing skills; the art of story telling in journalism; narrative writing; character development; creation of scenes; the various genres in print journalism. Classes will combine lectures, writing workshops, field work and web publishing Daybook All students will be required to keep a writing daybook in both first and second semesters. The daybook is a place where you will write every day. You daybook can be either a physical notebook or a folder on your computer hard drive. The daybook can contain journal entries, fragments of writing, questions that need to be answered, leads, notes from events, story outlines, story ideas, story drafts, quotations etc. Portfolios A portfolio of your stories written during each semester must be submitted at the end of term along with your daybooks. The portfolio should include all drafts of your stories. Attendance, participation and deadlines Attendance is required. Deadlines are mandatory. Journalists must meet deadlines; late work will not be accepted. Participation involves taking part in group discussions and writing critiques and presenting your work to the class. The consequences of missing classes and deadlines will be discussed at our first meeting. SCHEDULE September 8 Introduction and Organization September 15 WRITING DEADLINE: Discovery Draft of Story 1 Completed Approaching the story September 22 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 1 Final Draft Leads Part One September 29 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 2 Discovery Draft Leads Part Two October 6 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 2 Final Draft Sequencing October 13 THANKSGIVING DAY - NO CLASS October 20 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 3 Discovery Draft October 27 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 3 Final Draft The writer and the reader November 3 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 4 Discovery Draft The perspective paragraph November 10 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 4 Final Draft Your inner voice November 17 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 5 Discovery Draft Your inner voice November 24 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 5
Final Draft December 1 WRITING PORTFOLIOS SUBMITTED January 5 Deadline writing: Literature on the run January 12 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 6 Discovery Draft Deadline writing continued January 19 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 6 Final Draft Opinion writing January 26 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 7 Discovery Draft Column writing February 2 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 7 Final Draft Investigative journalism February 9 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 8 Discovery Draft Investigative journalism February 16 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 8 Final Draft Investigative journalism February 23 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 9 Discovery Draft Magazine writing March 1 MID-TERM BREAK, NO CLASS March 8 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 9 Final Draft Magazine writing March 15 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 10
Discovery Draft March 22 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 10
Second Draft March 29 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 10
Second Draft April 5 WRITING DEADLINE: Story 10
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