Week 5: Journalism 2001 October 6, 2008

Find the misspellings…… 1. Bayfeild 2. Strawberrys 3. Both!

Review of last week’s news Hard News: Hard News: (murders, city council, government, etc.) –Major local stories –Major national/international stories –Major sports stories Soft News: Soft News: (retirements, school programs, human interest) –Local stories –National/international stories –Sports stories

Announcements Job Fair: October 11 Job Fair: October 11 KUMD Opportunities KUMD Opportunities Franken/Coleman/Barkley Debate Franken/Coleman/Barkley Debate –Thursday, October 16 –7:30 p.m. –10 extra credit points

Cody knows Words Matter!

Review of last week’s assignments Watch wordiness! Watch wordiness! –Avoid full name in lead unless prominent person –Attempted robbery –Were let out of school: classes dismissed Style errors Style errors –Spelling! –Datelines –Numerals: When starting sentence, spell out –Correct names –24-year-old: ages –Disc jockey, not disk jockey –States –Time: a.m., p.m.

VINELAND (NJ) – Twenty-four-year-old Stockton State student Mark Dickson is now in intensive care after being robbed and shot earlier today when he answered a knock at the door of the small radio station where he works. Mark Dickson, 24-year-old Stockson State College student who recently began working as a disk jockey for WKQV-FM, was reportedly shot at work by a man attempting to rob him and is now in stable condition at Bridgeton Hospital. VINELAND, N.J. – Disc jockey Mark Dickinson is in stable condition and awaiting surgery at Bridgeton Hospital after he resisted giving up his wallet and a man shot the college student in the arm at a small radio in Vineland, New Jersey around 1 A.M. today.

Only minor cuts and bruises were reported when students at Farragut Career Academy High School were sent home early Friday after a lunchroom scuffle triggered a series of gang-related fistfights. On Friday afternoon 20 students at Farragut Career Academy High School were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after a scuffle in the lunchroom escalated into gang fights throughout the building. On Friday, a scuffle in the lunchroom of Farragut Career Academy High School caused gang-related fistfights throughout the building, leading to the arrest of 20 students and causing students to be released early.

Review: Writing a summary lead Usually a single sentence Usually a single sentence No more than 35 words No more than 35 words Bottom line: Bottom line: –Use a single sentence of no more than 35 words to summarize an event

Hard News 1 Story: Due Thursday! Interview Update? Interview Update? Work in teams to interview Duluth citizens Work in teams to interview Duluth citizens Each reporter writes own story Each reporter writes own story Final story due: Thursday, October 9 Final story due: Thursday, October 9 Interview 8-10 Duluthians Interview 8-10 Duluthians –Might not use all sources in story –List all sources, with contact info, at end of story Stories will be posted on class Web site: Stories will be posted on class Web site: –Fall Jour 2001 Web site Fall Jour 2001 Web siteFall Jour 2001 Web site

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Sports Story Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, October 1 Select a UMD or prep sporting event to cover Select a UMD or prep sporting event to cover Length of story pitch: no more than three paragraphs, about 200 words Length of story pitch: no more than three paragraphs, about 200 words Include the 5 Ws and H: what makes this story newsworthy Include the 5 Ws and H: what makes this story newsworthy Complete article due: November 6 Complete article due: November 6

Assignment: Due Tonight From information provided from a Tempe Police Department activity log, write an inverted-pyramid news story based on all the information available. From information provided from a Tempe Police Department activity log, write an inverted-pyramid news story based on all the information available. Write your story in Microsoft Word, doublespaced, and a copy of the story as an attachment to: lkragnes Write your story in Microsoft Word, doublespaced, and a copy of the story as an attachment to: lkragnes Make sure to copy yourself on the Make sure to copy yourself on the

Tonight Practice City Council meeting Practice City Council meeting –Tape of meeting from last year Next week: October 13 We will attend City Council meeting. We will attend City Council meeting.

Hard News 2 Story: Due Thursday, October 23 Next week all attending the Duluth City Council meeting Next week all attending the Duluth City Council meeting Meet at 6 p.m. in Rotunda of City Hall Meet at 6 p.m. in Rotunda of City Hall –Where’s City Hall? Carpools/bus schedules Carpools/bus schedules Mayor Ness will meet with us! Mayor Ness will meet with us! We’re attending the meeting, and you will be writing a story about it for your Hard News 2 story We’re attending the meeting, and you will be writing a story about it for your Hard News 2 story

Hard News 2 Tips How to read agenda? Background information? How to read agenda? Background information?agenda Tips: Tips: –In text, review:  Writing the Meeting Story: An Inverted-Pyramid Story: p  Organizing an Inverted Pyramid: Guidelines to Follow: p –Just use said: he said, she said –Keep paragraphs short: no more than two sentences, three max –Story length: 8-10 paragraphs, words –Write strong summary lead of one sentence, 35 words or less –Need attribution from sources; just name OK for source list –Sit together at meeting! Ask for handouts! Take lots of notes! –Don’t be afraid to ask questions after the meeting –Review class lecture notes at: 

What I’ll be looking for (p ): Write a terse lead Write a terse lead Provide background Provide background Present news in order of descending importance Present news in order of descending importance Use quotations early and throughout Use quotations early and throughout Use transitions Use transitions Do not editorialize Do not editorialize Avoid “the end” Avoid “the end”

Statesman Guide to Writing

Chapter 22: Courts Federal Judicial System Federal Judicial System Federal Judicial System Federal Judicial System –Supreme Court –U.S. Court of Appeals –U.S. District Courts –U.S. Bankruptcy Court Minnesota Judicial System Minnesota Judicial System Minnesota Judicial System Minnesota Judicial System –Supreme Court –Court of Appeals –District Courts

Types of court cases Criminal Cases Criminal Cases –Enforcement of criminal statutes –Brought by state or federal government against a person for committing a crime such as murder, armed robbery Civil cases Civil cases –Legal disputes between individuals, businesses, state or local governments, government agencies –Commonly include suits for damages from auto accidents, breach of contract, libel

Criminal Cases Basic criminal process: Basic criminal process: –Indictment/information filed: Criminal charge Criminal chargeCriminal charge –Warrant issued for arrest –Arraignment: Criminal charge is read to accused –Preliminary hearing/Grand jury: Probable cause –Second arraignment: Plea entered  Plea bargaining, jury date set –Trial by judge or jury –Jury reaches verdict

Civil cases Basic civil process Basic civil process –Plaintiff files a complaint –Defendant served with a summons –Defendant files pleading –Depositions taken –Appearances before judge  Settlement often reached –Trial scheduled: Either jury or judge –Verdict

Checklist for covering courts Learn the judicial system Learn the judicial system Learn the record-keeping system Learn the record-keeping system Provide sufficient background for the reader Provide sufficient background for the reader Double-check facts Double-check facts Use complete names, addresses or occupations Use complete names, addresses or occupations –Johnson story example

Review of story examples BN engines run into coal train BN engines run into coal train Woman, 49, is accused of aiming gun at deputy Woman, 49, is accused of aiming gun at deputy Charities fight for funds Charities fight for funds Pollution forces Sheridan to replace shale with sand Pollution forces Sheridan to replace shale with sand Drive for museum tax dropped Drive for museum tax dropped Sawmill stories Sawmill stories

Journalism Case Studies Today: Today: Intruding on grief: Does the public really have a "need to know?" Go to: cs/invading-privacy/intruding-on-grief/ cs/invading-privacy/intruding-on-grief/ - Compiled by University of Indiana School of Journalism

Another wayward sign!

What’s misspelled? 1. Additional 2. Availible 3. Restrooms

Chapter 23: Sports Evolution of sports writing Evolution of sports writing –Sports pages consistent  Contest coverage, personality profiles, features, columns  Go beyond the game: Vikings scandals –Flowery prose: Grantland Rice, Nashville Daily News, 1901 –Stanley Woodward, New York Herald Tribune  Still cliches – strive for middle ground  WWII put sports into better perspective: 5Ws & H –1970s and 1980s: More balanced approach – Best sports writing: Includes statistics, essential ingredients (5Ws & H), more analytical

High School Sports Coverage Terry Henion, Omaha World-Herald Terry Henion, Omaha World-Herald –“Kids playing kids’ games” Reporters must keep stats Reporters must keep stats –No sports information directors Not really covering, more documenting Not really covering, more documenting Stringers: College students covering high school sports Stringers: College students covering high school sports Quotes from losing, winning coaches & players Quotes from losing, winning coaches & players

Reporting Sports Working with statistics Working with statistics –Box scores –Team statistics –Individual statistics –Beware of becoming “statistic junkie” –Review statistics for trends: play-by-play charts

Going beyond statistics Going beyond statistics –Watch coaches on sidelines, nervous parents in stands –Policies for post-game interviews  Cool-down time –Talk to coaches –Talk to players –Talk to trainers A showcase for good writing A showcase for good writing Beyond the game – contracts, courtrooms, boardrooms Beyond the game – contracts, courtrooms, boardrooms

Checklist for sportswriters Go with a summary lead if warranted, but more room to be creative. Go with a summary lead if warranted, but more room to be creative. Avoid chronological approaches Avoid chronological approaches Blend facts, turning points, quotations, statistics, analysis Blend facts, turning points, quotations, statistics, analysis Avoid cliches: cliffhangers, take it to ‘em Avoid cliches: cliffhangers, take it to ‘em Avoid “ridiculous” direct quotations: we whipped ‘em good Avoid “ridiculous” direct quotations: we whipped ‘em good Use vivid description when appropriate Use vivid description when appropriate Double-check spellings Double-check spellings Do your homework Do your homework

Online sports sources National Collegiate Athletic Association: National Collegiate Athletic Association: –www2.ncaa.org www2.ncaa.org National Basketball Association: National Basketball Association: National Football League: National Football League: Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball: ESPN: ESPN:

Out-of-class assignment due: 10/13 AP Stylebook Editing AP Stylebook Editing –Sports Section –Weather terms

Tonight’s assignment City Council Meeting City Council Meeting –We’re going to watch the Duluth City Council meeting from March 19, 2007 –Complete an inverted pyramid story of no more than 300 words in class:  by end of class to –OK to use computer to take notes –Relax! All will receive 10 points  EXCEPT: Style errors will be deducted! –Who’s on the City Council:

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