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Week 4 - Peer Critique

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.

Peer Print Story Critique

	Prepare: Part of being a journalist is about putting your work on display, and in today’s media, dealing with the feedback that comes along with it. For this assignment, you will post your Week 2 print story after you have made corrections based on your instructor’s comments. View the Formatting Stories and Blogs for assistance with formatting your story.
	Reflect: (Person Giving Feedback) In reading the stories of your peers, you will consider the following five elements for critiquing the story. To refresh your memory about what to look for, review Chapter One in The Complete Editor. The Lead Story Structure Completeness Style Objectivity
	Write: After reading two of your peers’ stories, write a 250- to 300-word critique on the articles they presented. Be sure to mention aspects of the story that were engaging as well as those things you believe could have been improved.
	Carefully review the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Discussion Thread.

Week 5 - Discussion

The Responsible Writer and Editor

	Prepare: The foundation of writing and editing for media is solidified by the ability to act responsibly in your role. Stovall (2014) recognizes the importance of this by introducing you to various aspects of the law for the writer and the editor. In Writing for the Mass Media read Chapter 12: The Writer and the Law and in The Complete Editor read Chapter 10: The Editor and the Law.
	Reflect: Consider the various points that Stovall (2014) makes about all aspects of the law. Then, choose the one with which you are least familiar. Think of a real world example that illustrates your ideas about it. Also, think about how the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and press has been positively and negatively impacted by the advancements in media technology.
	Write: Write a 250- to 300-word response that discusses your views on the one area of law that you chose as well as how the First Amendment has been impacted by mediated technology. In your initial post, you must include at least one in-text citation from the reading material and an additional in-text citation from a scholarly source that you locate in the Ashford University Library or from another credible source. At the end of your post, include your name and a full reference for all sources cited in the body of your post. All citations and references must adhere to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Check it! Your post must be submitted through Grammarly and Turnitin prior to submission.
	Respond to Peers: After you have written your initial post, read the posts of your peers and respond to at least two others about the areas they chose and their views on the First Amendment. Your responses should address them by name, be between 100 and 150 words in length, and you must include your name at the end of each response.
	Carefully review the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Discussion Thread.

Week 5 - Peer Critique

Peer Broadcast Story Critique

	Prepare: As we have learned, writing for broadcast is quite different than writing for print. Just as it is important to have our print media critiqued, it is equally important to understand how well we are reaching an audience through broadcast. After you have made corrections to your broadcast scripts based on your instructor’s comments, you will record your radio broadcast from your Week 3 story script using your smartphone or recording software such as Audacity. Once you have saved your recording as an MP3 file, you will attach it to your post. View the Attaching a Document in Your Post for assistance with attaching the file to your post.
	Reflect: (Person Giving Feedback) In listening to the broadcast stories of your peers, you will consider the following elements. To refresh your memory about what to look for, review Chapter 8 of The Complete Editor. Correctness Clarity Conscieness Color
	Write: After listening to the broadcasts of two of your peers write a 250- to 300-word critique on the story they presented. Be sure to mention aspects of the story that were engaging as well as those things you believe could have been improved.
Week 5 - Final Project Local News Media Package The Final Project is designed to culminate your knowledge of how to write and edit news stories for different media platforms that serve consumers in the area in which you live. The topic that you will focus on for each of the stories for the Final Project is the one that you presented in your Week One Assignment. The issue that you choose for the Final Project may not be the same or linked to other issues or topics you will write about in other weeks of the course. This Final Project requires you to tailor news stories for print, broadcast, and digital media. You will choose a topic that is current, controversial and of national or international importance. You must choose real-world media outlets in your local area for which to write or script each story. Although you will not submit your story to the media outlets, the assignment will require that you understand the organizations as well as the audiences that you are writing to and creating the broadcast scripts for. You are required to include a list of media outlets and links to stories where you obtained information to rewrite or script each or your stories. Topics and Issues To stimluate your critical thinking process regarding what topic to choose, you should pay close attention to various national news outlets to include print, broadcast, and digital media. National news media are those which programs are available to people across the nation as opposed to being confined to the local area. The Ashford University Library has the following newspaper databases that may also be helpful: Newspaper Source Plus, ProQuest Newsstand, and Canadian Newsstand. Writing the News Story You will write a news story for a print publication, digital publication, television broadcast, and news radio broadcast. For the news story you must: Select a topic that is current, controversial, and of national or international importance Develop the story for real-world media outlets tailored for a local audience One mainstream print media publication One alternative news media publication One television station and specific program One talk (news) radio station and specific program One digital news media publication Incorporate facts, visual elements, and pull-quotes to enhance the story. Provide proper attribution for all sources of information included in the story (facts, statistics, images/video, and opinions). A list of each of the sources must be included using the Media News Source Template. The print stories must: Adhere to the Mainstream Print Publication and the Alternative Print Publication templates. Be a minimum of 350-400 words each. Provide proper attribution for all sources of information included in the story (facts, statistics, images/video, and opinions). Include at least two visual elements (chart, diagram, photograph, etc.) for the written story and utilize a pull quote in the layout. The digital stories must: Adhere to the Digital News Publications Template. Be a minimum of 350-400 words each. Provide proper attribution for all sources of information included in the story (facts, statistics, images/video, and opinions). Include at least two visual elements (chart, diagram, photograph, etc.) for the written story and utilize a pull quote in the layout. The broadcast scripts Must adhere to the Broadcast Script Template. Must be a minimum of 2 minutes in length each. Must use at least two sources of information. At least two statistical and/or factual pieces of information about the topic from a credible source. At least two varying opinions on the topic Must include at least two different visual elements scripted into television story. Saving Your Work: To maintain the formatting of your work, you are strongly encouraged to save your assignment as a PDF file. View Saving a Word Document as a PDF for steps on how to do this. Check it! Your print news stories must be submitted through Grammarly and Turnitin prior to submission. Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.	Carefully review the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Discussion Thread.