Labor Day (9/4) The Virtual Chase http://sunsite.unc.edu/journalism/beat.html http://www.niu.edu/newsplace
The Janet Cooke affair SB: p. 38 http://www.answers.com/topic/janet-cooke http://www.mrc.org (Media Research Center) http://www.fair.org (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) http://www.aim.org (Accuracy in Media) http://newswatch.sfsu.edu (NewsWatch Project)
Civic Journalism http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/jour/subject/civic.html Freedom of Information Clearinghouse http://www.citizen.org/litigation/free_info/ (Beat Report due 9/6)
Sept. 11 Sourcing/Ethics Yopp: 2 Journalism.org site SB: 44-45 (story # 1 due 9/13) Sept. 18 Interviewing (story # 2 due 9/20) Yopp: 3 & 4 Oct. 2 Covering Diverse Communities/ Using Census data http://www.census.gov www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/index.html (story # 3 due 10/4) Yopp: 5 Oct. 9 Covering town, county & state government/ Yopp: 6 open meetings and public records SB: 26-38 (story # 4 due 10/11) Oct. 16 Covering law enforcement & courts Yopp: 10/handouts http://powerreporting.com/crim2k.pdf (story # 5 due 10/18) F A L L B R E A K [5 pm, Oct. 18] Oct. 23 Law enforcement & courts continued/ Yopp: 11 Free press-fair trial SB: 40-43 Covering the Courts: An Associated Press Manual for Reporters (story # 6 due 10/25) Oct. 30 Elections & Polls Yopp: 13 (story # 7 due 11/1) Nov. 6 Covering the education beat Yopp: 8 http://www.journalism.org/resources/tools/reporting/beats/education.asp?from=print (story # 8 due 11/8) Nov. 13 Covering the business/labor beat Yopp: 9 (story # 9 due 11/15) Nov. 20 Covering Specialty & Concept Beats/ Thanksgiving Break Yopp: 12
Nov. 27 Specialty Reporting continued/ (story # 10 due 11/29) Dec. 5 Enterprise reporting/writing a series/Wrap up Handouts Competency Exam 12/5 Pulitzer Award Winners
