Week 3: Assignment

Required Readings

1. To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following chapters from the text, Elements of News Writing:

· Chapter Thirteen – How to Write a News Story in 15 Steps

· Chapter Fourteen – How to Write a Strong Lead

· Chapter Fifteen – How to Structure a News Story

· Chapter Sixteen – How to Conduct an Interview

· Chapter Seventeen – How to Cover Meetings and Speeches

· Chapter Eighteen – How to Cover Police and Courts

· Chapter Nineteen – How to Cover Disasters and Tragedies

· Chapter Twenty-Three – How to Write Feature Stories

2. To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following chapters from the text, Writing for Mass Media:

· Chapter 5: Basic News Writing

3. To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following chapters from the text, The Complete Editor:

· Chapter 6: Headlines and Summaries

4. To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following articles:

· Administrative Office of the United States Courts. (n.d.). A journalist’s guide to the federal courts (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. . Retrieved from http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/News/docs/JournalistGuide2011.pdf

· Scanlan, C. (2013, Mar. 4). How journalists can become better interviewers (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. . Poynter. Retrieved from http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/205518/how-journalists-can-become-better-interviewers/

· Schmickle, S. (2007). Reporting war . Retrieved from http://dartcenter.org$CANVAS_COURSE_REFERENCE$/files

Recommended Websites

1. To successfully complete this week’s discussions, it is recommended that you review the material at the following website:

· United States Newspapers (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (This website provides links to over 3,300 United States newspapers.)

2. To successfully complete this week’s assignment, you may want to review the material provided at the following websites:

· Online Journalism Review (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (This website is an online journalism review source with an emphasis on online journalism topics.)

· Society of Professional Journalists: Quill Online (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Quill Online is a professional magazine for journalist and students that provides resources to main journalism topics.)