Week 2 Discussion One and Two

Required Readings, Websites, and Multimedia

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

· Chapter Seven – How to Read a Newspaper

· Chapter Eight – Commonly Misused Words

· Chapter Nine – Commas, Colons, and semicolons

· Chapter Ten – Punctuation

· Chapter Eleven – Active and Passive Voice

· Chapter Twelve – Spell Checkers

· Chapter Twenty-Two – How to Write Editorials and Columns

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

· Chapter 3: Style and the Stylebook

· Chapter 4: Writing in the Media Environment

· Chapter 6: Writing for Print Journalism

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

· Chapter 2: Tools of the Editor

4. To successfully complete this week’s discussion, “Evaluating an Opinion or Editorial Column,” review the editorials at the following website:

· U.S.A. Today (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Click the “Opinion” link in the top navigation menu and choose an editorial.)

5. To successfully complete this week’s discussion, “Evaluating an Opinion or Editorial Column,” review the following presentation:

· Editorial Writing (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (This 33-slide PowerPoint presentation provides an overview on editorial writing. It includes the importance of editorials, how to write editorials, and the use of editorial cartoons. This information will be used in evaluating editorials.)

6. To successfully complete this week’s assignments, watch the following video:

· C-Span. (Producer). (2013, Apr. 5). The future of print journalism (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.c-span.org/video/?311929-1/future-print-journalism

7. To properly format this week’s written assignments, review the material at the following website:

· Associated Press (A.P.) Style Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (The Associated Press Stylebook provides the news organization's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage.)

Recommended Websites

1. To add to your understanding of this week’s learning outcomes, it is recommended that you review the material at the following website:

· The Associated Press | The essential global news network (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (The Associated Press is a global news network providing and sharing news with members around the world 24/7.)