DUE TUESDAY:

• Web hit assignment
• Beat brainstorming sheet

Tuesday: story collaboration session

• Be prepared to present your beat ideas
• Download the WordPress app and/or bring your laptop

Reading: Chapter 1 – “We are all web workers now”

Professional Development:

• Study abroad India meeting – Tuesday, 3:30 p.m., TE 335
• Visit the handouts tab on our website for extra credit opportunities

Prior to class Tuesday, you need to type up all of the following and submit it to MyClasses. We will go over your ideas in class Tuesday.

1. List two possible beat ideas you would like to work on
2. List three viable story ideas for each
3. List a possible blog title for each beat
4. List five people who would be main contacts for your beat
5. Find another blog or news site similar to what you are doing – share the link & give a brief (2-3-sentence description of the site and its similarities to yours)

Just a quick reminder – don’t forget to bring your phone with the downloaded MyClasses app or your laptop for the quiz. We will take it right at the start of class, so be ready!

Here is the assignment and rubric for your live web hit assignment, due prior to class time Tuesday.

Some reminders: We will discuss beat reporting & blogging on Thursday, so start thinking about what topics you might want to cover this semester.

Readings for Thursday:

• Rogers: How to cover a beat effectively
• Briggs: Chapter 2 – Blogging

We will have a readings quiz on Thursday at the start of class on your phones, so please make sure you have the MyClasses app downloaded or bring a laptop to class to use. The readings on the quiz will include:

• Chapters 2 & 4
• Online reading from Rogers

Professional Development:

• SPJ meeting – Wednesday, 4 p.m., Fireside Lounge (10 extra credit points on quiz 2)

Here are the reminders/announcements from the end of class:

• AP style/grammar online quiz – due before class Tuesday
• If you want some AP style practice, try some of these online quizzes
• Create your own AP style cheat sheet (print to turn in Tuesday)
• Bring your AP style book to class Tuesday for in-class mobile writing assignment
• Download the Canvas app before class Tuesday

Hello, all! I have another extra credit opportunity to offer you. My entire SPJ group will be away at the conference this weekend, but SGA is still requiring that we send someone to the forum on Sunday to represent our group. If we don’t have someone in attendance, we will lose our RSO standing.

The meeting will take place Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in Perdue 156. All you need to do is go, sign in as an SPJ representative and take a few notes for us on things we might need to know.

I will award 20 extra credit points to whomever can do this for us. If you’re looking to get involved with SPJ, this is a great start!

Email me ASAP at jbcox@salisbury.edu if you are willing to help. Thanks!

Here are the reminders/announcements from the end of class:

• No class Thursday!
• AP style/grammar online quiz – due before class Tuesday
• If you want some AP style practice, try some of these online quizzes
• Create your own AP style cheat sheet (print to turn in Tuesday)
• Bring your AP style book to class Tuesday for in-class mobile writing assignment
• Download the Canvas app before class Tuesday

Professional Development:

• SPJ meeting – Wednesday, Sept. 11, 4 p.m., Fireside Lounge (Five extra credit points on Tuesday’s in-class assignment)
• GULL Week – Sept. 9-18 (20 extra credit points on a quiz!!)

Here are the online readings for Tuesday:

– Silverman: Speed demons: http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/speed_demons.php?page=all

– Shepard: How NPR’s Giffords mistake hurt the families: http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/01/19/132964802/how-npr-giffords-mistake-hurt-the-families–

Also, don’t forget about the Activities Fair Media Scavenger Hunt tomorrow from 2:30-4:30 on the Devilbiss lawn.

I won’t always post announcements, but since we are just getting started, here are some reminders for you:

Thursday: Audience-centric journalism

Readings: Introduction & Chapter 4 – Mobile Journalism 

Professional Development:

• Activities Fair Media Scavenger Hunt – Friday, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Devilbiss Mall (GSU if rain) – 20 extra credit points on a quiz!!
• GULL Week – Sept. 9-18 20 extra credit points on a quiz!!