Media Writing JOUR 2310.004 Spring 2015

Class: Monday, 6:30-9:20 p.m. GAB 112Instructor: Kathie HinnenPhone: 817-571-3964 (e-mail is best)Lab: Wednesday, 6-7:50 p.m. GAB 112TA: Morganne Cameron, morgannecameron@me.com

Course objectives: To learn the basics of writing for several media, including newspapers, the World Wide Web, broadcast news (radio and TV) and public relations. By the end of this course you should be able to research, report and write a news story for several platforms. You will learn to write in a concise, accurate and fair manner, and to work under deadline. You also will brush up your grammar, spelling and punctuation skills, and familiarize yourself with Associated Press style and broadcast writing style.

After completing the course, you should be able to:

Define news as it is understood by professional journalists and public relations professionals. Describe the operation of typical news organizations. Understand and use the AP and NT Daily stylebooks. Conduct a news interview. Write a coherent news story for several media platforms under deadline pressure. Describe the main ethical concerns of journalists and public relations professionals. Describe the main legal concerns of journalists and public relations professionals. Be sensitive about cultural, ethnic, racial and gender issues.

Reading requirements: Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Eighth Edition, by Carole RichStudent Workbook for Writing and Reporting News, Rich, Eighth EditionThe 2014 Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. (spiral-bound is best)The NT Daily Stylebook. (Copies are available in the classroom and online.)Denton Record-Chronicle (available on class days).North Texas Daily (print edition on campus Tuesday and Thursday, and online daily at ntdaily.com.)

You should closely follow current events by reading a variety of news publications, especially local newspapers such as the Denton Record-Chronicle, Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. You can read them online or visit any reputable news Web sites to get information. In addition, you should watch and listen to broadcast news on television and radio as part of your daily routine.

Attendance: You must attend class and lab sessions. Lab exercises comprise nearly half of your grade. Homework prepares you for labs. Activities during lectures, such as quizzes and other in-class assignments, also represent a major portion of your overall grade. Those who miss a quiz or in-class assignment will receive a zero on that activity and cannot make it up.

Labs cannot be made up without prior approval by the instructor.

Journalists deal only with the truth.Present the facts – or nothing. Never ever make things up.CONTACT ME

Office hours: GAB 110B or 112 Mondays 4:30-6:30 p.m.Email: kathie.hinnen@unt.edu

One absence in the course is the limit without penalty toward your final grade, unless you have communicated with me in advance about an extraordinary problem. Email me about the absence so you can get the next week’s assignments. Coming to class late or leaving early may constitute an absence for that day. This is a seminar course, and it requires your attendance and participation each class meeting.

Treat this class as if it is a job. You are expected to arrive on time and to turn work in on time. If you must miss class or lab, contact me by email in advance, just as you would your editor or boss at work.Acceptable reasons for missing class include a verifiable illness, family emergency or religious holiday. Other situations are subject to the instructor’s judgment. Documentation of why you missed class (a

physician’s note or a note from a relative explaining the emergency) should include a phone number so I can verify the note. Documentation must be turned in during the class period immediately following the absence(s). Contacting me ahead of time will almost always help your case.

Quizzes: You will have a series of open-book quizzes on AP style, grammar, spelling and punctuation, and closed-book quizzes on news events and textbook readings. News questions will be based on NT Daily reports and the front pages of the Dallas Morning News on the day of class and the previous week.

Lab assignments: Each week you will be assigned exercises due by the end of the lab period. You will be allowed to use your AP stylebook, textbook and notes, so bring them to class and to lab. Always type and double-space lab assignments. Most will come from the workbook.

Saving your work: You cannot save material on the computers in the lab. Make copies of all of your work on a CD or thumb drive, or by emailing finished assignments to yourself. Save all graded copies of your work so you can resolve any potential discrepancy between the grade you receive and your own calculations.

Class assignments: You will have numerous homework assignments, three out-of-class original news stories and in-class exercises throughout the semester. Late assignments will be penalized one letter grade, with none accepted after one week.

Source sheets: For stories that involve interviews, attach a page listing each source, the date you interviewed each person and his or her contact information (preferably both phone numbers and e-mail addresses). Stories without source sheets will not be accepted and penalized one grade letter for each class session they are late. The instructor may contact sources to verify information in your stories.

Guest speakers: Professional journalists and other relevant speakers may be brought into class during the semester. A one-page summary of the speaker’s presentation will be due at the start of the next class.

Grading: Because this is a skills course, the bulk of your grade will be determined by lab writing exercises and your three out-of-class story assignments. Your grade is derived from the points you earn. However, if you demonstrate exceptional improvement and effort during the semester, the instructor will consider raising a borderline grade to the next highest level, as long as all assignments were completed throughout the semester.

Academic Honesty: When you submit work for this class, you are stating that you have produced the work yourself, in its entirety. Plagiarism, fabrication, copyright infringement and similar uses of other people's work are unacceptable.

Plagiarism, in a nutshell, is using other people’s unattributed written words as your own. Some people consider the use of seven to 10 words in a row, copied from another source, as plagiarism. Be sure to include citations when using other people’s writing, because plagiarism is a serious offense in any discipline, especially in journalism. It is a firing offense in the professional world. In this class, plagiarism, fabrication or other academic dishonesty can lead to a failing grade for the assignment or the course. Any situations involving potential academic dishonesty will be handled through procedures established by the UNT Office of Academic Integrity. The process also includes the opportunity for students to appeal the

outcome.

You should never quote friends or family members in news stories unless you have advance permission from the instructor. Most lab assignments for this class will not require original reporting

Your gradeAttendance/homework: 10%Lab assignments: 40%News story: 10%Speech story: 8%Profile: 8%Quizzes: 8%Midterm: 8%Final exam: 8%

because you will be furnished with the information you need. But the stories you pursue independently outside of class (the speech, profile and news stories) should rely entirely on YOUR OWN reporting. If you must include information reported by another journalistic outlet (rarely, because you can almost always find a way to get the information yourself), cite the publication and date.

JRN 2310.006 Hinnen tentative class schedule, Mondays, Spring 2015

Week 1, Jan. 26: Understanding newsIntroduction to class, assessment, personal goals, brief discussion importance of AP style, intro to news standards.

Week 2, Feb 2: Changing Concepts of News, The Basic News Story Part 1 Read Chapter 1 : Changing Concepts of News. Textbook exercise 1: 4 and handout list for definitions. R ead Chapter 2 : The Basic News Story, pgs. 20-35. Discussion on inverted pyramid, leads, nut graphs.

Textbook exercises 1 and 2 (stand-alone interviews only, not a story. Get name, class rank, major.) Lab 1, Jan. 30

Week 3, Feb. 9: The Basic News Story Part 2, Leads and nut graphs Read Chapter 2: The Basic News Story, pgs. 35-40. Quotes and attribution, punctuation, ‘said’ placement,

definitions of direct and indirect [paraphrased] quotes. Textbook exercise 5 and handout quotes exercise. Read Chapter 7 : Hard news, pgs. 110-123. Textbook exercises 1 through 7 (all parts).

Lab 2

Week 4, Feb 16: Leads and nut graphs continued ** Original news story idea and list of three types of specific sources due at beginning of class.

Read Chapter 7 : 123-136, Soft News. Textbook exercises 7-11 (follow directions!); in-class practice. Lab 3

Week 5, Feb. 23: Sources and Online Research Read Chapter 4 : Sources, online research, library research, databases, public records, etc. AP style.

Homework assignment: get specified info on instructor; definitions. Read Chapter 15 : Media Ethics. Handout; Textbook exercises 1 (all), 2 and 3, and 10 ethical values learned at

home. Lab 4

Week 6, March 2: Interviewing Techniques ** 350-400-word news story due at start of class. Must have three types of sources.

Read Chapter 5 : Listening, note-taking, taping, question strategies, sensitivity, e-mail interviews, phone interviews and in-person interviews. Textbook exercises 3 (all); 6 (max 450 words); interview three people you don’t know about their UNT majors, when they decided and why. Get name, major, class rank and parents’ occupations.

Lab 5

Week 7, March 9: Story Forms Part 1 and basic AP style ** News stories returned with comments for revisions.

Read Chapter 9: Story forms, pgs. 160-163 (inverted pyramid style); 167-168 (hourglass style). Textbook exercises 1 and 3

Mid-semester review last 15 minutes of class. Lab 6

Week 8, March 23: Midterm exam and Story Forms Part 2 First half: Midterm exam Read Chapter 9 : Story Forms, pgs. 163-166 (Wall Street Journal style); 169-172 (list technique and Q & A)

Homework: Textbook exercise 2 (use all info) and exercise 4. Lab 7

Week 9, March 30: Profiles/Obituaries ** Revised news story due at beginning of class for grade

Read Chapter 17 : Basic elements of profiles and obituaries. Homework: Textbook exercise 1 (to read to class) and profile on UNT President Neal Smatresk, including handout parameters. In-class handout on your original-reporting profile assignment.

Lab 8

Week 10, April 6: Speeches, news conferences and meetings Read Chapter 18 : Speeches, news conferences and meetings. Homework: Find when and where your city

council meets; names and titles of all council members or selectmen; when agenda is first available and how to get it; find copy of upcoming/ most recent agenda, circle the most interesting items and bring that particular page. ALSO: Find a speech on campus or in Denton between April 3 and April 9 that you can attend for speech story. Bring the information to class to share.

Lab 9

April 7: last day to drop with W or WF (with professor’s signature)

Week 11, April 13: Public relations writing Read Chapter 13 : Public Relations Writing. Homework: Textbook exercises 1 (sell it!), 4, 5. (Use all info for 4

and 5.) Lab 10

Week 12, April 20: Broadcast writing **4 copies of profile draft due at class start for student work-shopping.

Read Chapter 11 : Broadcast Writing. Emphasis on visuals, structure, terms. Homework: Textbook exercises 1, 2 and 3. Learn broadcast terms.

Lab 11

Week 13, April 27: Social Media, Convergent Media Writing, Online Journalism ** Final version of profile due at class start.

Read Chapter 3 : Social media. Homework: Learn terminology. Read Chapter 6 : Mobile and Multimedia skills. Textbook exercise 2 (use all info,

be as specific as possible). Read Chapter 12 : Online Journalism and leads review. Homework: Textbook

exercises 1 and 4; handout leads exercise. Lab. 12 Week 14, May 7: Media Law and Diversity

Read Chapter 14 : Media Law. Textbook exercises 1-4; absorb handout. Read Chapter 16 : Multicultural sensitivity. Homework: Textbook exercises 1 and 5. Review for final exam

Reading day, May 8

Final exam: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Monday, May 11

MSOJ Syllabus Statements

JOURNALISM REQUIREMENTS & GUIDELINES

For journalism majors, not minors: This is a foundational (formerly called pre-major) class. Once you have completed all foundational requirements you will have access to upper-level journalism courses after visiting the Office of Student Advising. If you have questions about what your foundational requirements are, please see an advisor.

JOURNALISM COURSE REGISTRATION1. Registration will begin on the dates noted in the schedule of classes each semester. The system is a

live, first come/first serve program.

2. By registering for this course, you are stating that you have taken the required prerequisites according to your catalog year and major/minor status. If the instructor later determines that you haven’t taken and passed these requirements, then you may be dropped at any point in the semester. If you have questions about your prerequisites, please see an advisor.

3. A journalism major enrolled in any restricted 3000 and 4000 level classes must have taken and passed the GSP test, all foundational courses, and Math 1680/1681. Students must earn and maintain a 2.5 UNT and/or overall GPA (depending upon catalog year) to be eligible for major-level courses. 

RE-TAKING FAILED JOURNALISM CLASSESStudents will not be allowed to automatically take a failed journalism course more than two times. Once you have failed a journalism course twice, you will not be allowed to enroll in that course for 12 months. Once you have waited 12 months after failing a course twice, you may make an appeal to the professor teaching the course to be allowed to enroll a third time.

TEXTBOOK POLICYThe Mayborn School of Journalism doesn’t require students to purchase textbooks from the University Bookstore. Many are available through other bookstores or online.

FIRST CLASS DAY ATTENDANCEJournalism instructors reserve the right to drop any student who does not attend the first class day of the semester.

OFFICE HOURSI’ll be in my office from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Other office hours are available by appointment. My virtual office is always open; just email me, and I promise to respond within 24 hours, except on weekends.

ATTENDANCEOne absence in the course is the limit without penalty toward your final grade, unless you have communicated with me from the beginning about an extraordinary problem. Coming to class late or leaving early may constitute an absence for that day. This is a seminar course, and it requires your attendance and participation each class meeting.

FINANCIAL AID SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS (SAP) UNDERGRADUATESA student must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) to continue to receive financial aid. Students must maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in addition to successfully completing a required number of credit hours

based on total registered hours per semester. Students cannot exceed attempted credit hours above 150% of their required degree plan. If a student does not maintain the required standards, the student may lose financial aid eligibility.

If at any point you consider dropping this or any other course, please be advised that the decision to do so has the potential to affect your current and future financial aid eligibility. Please visit http://financial aid.unt.edu/satisfactory-academic progress-requirements for more information about financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress. It may be wise for you to schedule a meeting with your MSOJ academic advisor or visit the Student Financial Aid and Scholarships office to discuss dropping a course before doing so.

ACADEMIC ADVISINGAll first-time-in-college students at UNT are required to schedule an appointment with their Academic Advisor and receive an advising code to register for classes both fall and spring semesters of the first year in college. ALL students should meet with their Academic Advisor at least one time per long semester (Fall & Spring). It is important to update your degree plan on a regular basis to ensure that you are on track for a timely graduation.

It is imperative that students have paid for all enrolled classes. Please check your online schedule daily through late registration to ensure you have not been dropped for non-payment of any amount. Students unknowingly have been dropped from classes for various reasons such as financial aid, schedule change fees, parking fees, etc. MSOJ will not be able to reinstate students for any reason after late registration, regardless of situation. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure all payments have been made.

IMPORTANT SPRING 2015 DATES

Date DeadlineJanuary 20 Classes Begin.February 2Census.

February 3Beginning this date a student who wishes to drop a course must first receive written consent of the instructor.

March 2

Last day for student to receive automatic grade of W for nonattendance.

Last day for change in pass/no pass status.

Last day to drop a course or withdraw from the semester with a grade of W for courses that the student is not passing. After this date, a grade of WF may be recorded.

March 3Beginning this date instructors may drop students with a grade of WF for nonattendance.

April 7

Last day to drop with either W or WF.

Last day for a student to drop a course with consent of the instructor.

April 20Beginning this date, a student who qualifies may request an Incomplete, with a grade of I.

April 24

Last day to Withdraw (drop all classes).

Last day for an instructor to drop a student with a grade of WF for nonattendance.

May 8 Reading Day (no classes).May 9 – May 15 Final Exams. May 15 Last Class Day.

ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREUnderstanding the academic organizational structure and appropriate Chain of Command is important when resolving class-related or advising issues. When you need problems resolved, please follow the step outlined below:

Individual Faculty Member/Advisor

Director, Mayborn School of Journalism

Dean, Mayborn School of Journalism

OFFICE OF DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS

The University of North Texas and the Mayborn School of Journalism make reasonable academic accommodation for students with disabilities. Students seeking accommodation must first register with the Office of Disability Accommodation (ODA) to verify their eligibility. If a disability is verified, the ODA will provide you with an accommodation letter to be delivered to faculty to begin a private discussion regarding your specific needs in a course. You may request accommodations at any time, however, ODA notices of accommodation should be provided as early as possible in the semester to avoid any delay in implementation. Note that students must obtain a new letter of accommodation for every semester and must meet with each faculty member prior to implementation in each class. Students are strongly encouraged to deliver letters of accommodation during faculty office hours or by appointment. Faculty members have the authority to ask students to discuss such letters during their designated office hours to protect the privacy of the student.  For additional information see the Office of Disability Accommodation website at http://www.unt.edu/oda. You may also contact them by phone at 940.565.4323.

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MSOJ ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICYThe codes of ethics from the Society of Professional Journalists, American Advertising Federation and Public Relations Society of America address truth and honesty. The Mayborn School of Journalism embraces these tenets and believes that academic dishonesty of any kind – including plagiarism and fabrication – is incongruent with all areas of journalism. The school’s policy aligns with UNT Policy 18.1.16 and requires reporting any act of academic dishonesty to the Office for Academic Integrity for investigation. If the student has a previous confirmed offense (whether the first offense was in the journalism school or another university department) and the student is found to have committed another offense, the department will request the additional sanction of removing the student from the Mayborn School of Journalism. The student may appeal to the Office for Academic Integrity, which ensures due process and allows the student to remain in class pending the appeal.

CLASSROOM POLICIESStudent behavior that interferes with an instructor’s ability to conduct a class or other students’ opportunity to learn is unacceptable and disruptive and will not be tolerated in any instructional forum at UNT. Students engaging in unacceptable behavior will be directed to leave the classroom, and the instructor may refer the student to the Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities to consider whether the student’s conduct violated the Code of Student Conduct. The University’s expectations for student conduct apply to all instructional forums, including university and electronic classrooms, labs, discussion groups, field trips, etc. The Code of Student Conduct can be found at http://www.unt.edu/csrr/student_conduct/index.html.

The Mayborn School of Journalism requires that students respect and maintain all university property. Students will be held accountable through disciplinary action for any intentional damages they cause in classrooms. (e.g., writing on tables). Disruptive behavior is not tolerated (e.g., arriving late, leaving early, sleeping, talking on the phone, texting or game playing, making inappropriate comments, ringing cellular phones/beepers, dressing inappropriately).

STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS (SETE)The Student Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness (SETE) is a requirement for all organized classes at UNT. This short survey will be made available at the end of the semester to provide students a chance to comment on how this class is taught.  Student feedback is important and an essential part of participation in this course.

FINAL EXAM POLICYFinal exams will be administered at the designated times during the final week of each long semester and during the specified day of each summer term. Please check the course calendar early in the semester to avoid any schedule conflicts.

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COURSES IN A BOX Any MSOJ equivalent course from another university must receive prior approval from the MSOJ academic advisor to insure that all MSOJ degree plan requirements are met. For example, courses that are taken online or from a program that offers course material via CD, booklet, or other manner of correspondence must have prior advisor approval.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR F-1 STUDENTS TAKING DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSESTo comply with immigration regulations, an F-1 visa holder within the United States may need to engage in an on-campus experiential component for this course. This component (which must be approved in advance by the instructor) can include activities such as taking an on-campus exam, participating in multiple on-campus lecture or lab activity, or other on-campus experience integral to the completion of this course.

If such an on-campus activity is required, it is the student’s responsibility to do the following:(1) Submit a written request to the instructor for an on-campus experiential component within one week of the start of the course.

(2) Ensure that the activity on campus takes place and the instructor documents it in writing with a notice sent to the International Advising Office. The UNT International Advising Office has a form available that you may use for this purpose.

Because the decision may have serious immigration consequences, if an F-1 student is unsure about his or her need to participate in an on-campus experiential component for this course, students should contact the UNT International Advising Office (telephone 940-565-2195 or email international@unt.edu) to get clarification before the one-week deadline.

DROPPING AN ONLINE COURSEA student needing to drop an online course should send their instructor an email with their name, student ID#, reason for dropping a course, and date you are sending the email. This must be done prior to the UNT deadline to drop a course.

If approved, the instructor will contact the MSOJ Undergraduate Office in GAB 102 where you may obtain a signed drop form. It is your responsibility to turn in the completed drop slip to the UNT Registrar’s office before the deadline to make sure you have been dropped from the course with a “W”.   If you are taking only online courses and your instructor approves the drop, please contact the MSOJ Director of Advising for instructions.

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION & PROCEDURESUNT uses a system called Eagle Alert to quickly notify you with critical information in an event of emergency (i.e., severe weather, campus closing, and health and public safety emergencies like chemical spills, fires, or violence).  The system sends voice messages (and text messages upon permission) to the phones of all active faculty staff, and students.  Please make certain to update your phone numbers at www.my.unt.edu.  Some helpful emergency preparedness actions include: 1) ensuring you know the evacuation routes and severe weather shelter areas, determining how you will contact family and friends if phones are temporarily unavailable, and identifying where you will go if you need to evacuate the Denton area suddenly. In the event of a university closure, your instructor will communicate with you through Blackboard regarding assignments, exams, field trips, and other items that may be impacted by the closure.

Statement of Student Learning Outcomes, UNT Journalism

Since 1969, the UNT Department of Journalism (Mayborn School of Journalism effective September 1, 2009) has been accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. This national accreditation also extends to the Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, the only accredited professional master’s program in Texas. About one-fourth of all journalism and mass communication programs in the United States are accredited by ACEJMC. National accreditation enhances your education here, because it certifies that the department and graduate institute adhere to many standards established by the council. Among these standards are student learning outcomes, covered by journalism courses in all sequences. This course, JOUR 2310, will help to meet the student learning outcomes that have been checked by your professor, Kathie Hinnen.

Each graduate must:

1. Understand and apply First Amendment principles and the law appropriate to professional practice;

2. Demonstrate an understanding of the history and role of professionals and institutions in shaping

communications;

3. Demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of groups in a global society in relationship to

communications;

4. Understand concepts and apply theories in the use and presentation of images and information;

5. Work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity;

6. Think critically, creatively and independently;

7. Conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the communications professions in

which they work;

8. Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences

and purposes they serve;

9. Critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and

grammatical correctness;

10. Apply basic numerical and statistical concepts;

11. Apply tools and technologies appropriate for the communications professions in which they work.

THE WHERE

Geographic location is often a factor in what goes on there.

As news occurs, routinely look up the locations and be able to find them on the map.

The following are just some of the places you will need to know.

Week 2: Middle EastIranIraqAfghanistanPakistanSyriaIsraelIndiaSaudi ArabiaYemen

Week 3: AfricaEgyptLibyaSomaliaLiberiaNigeriaSouth Africa

Week 4: AsiaChinaJapanNorth KoreaSouth KoreaThe PhilippinesIndonesia

Week 5: EuropeUKIrelandFranceGermanySpainSwedenGreece

Week 6: W. HemisphereMexicoCanadaHaitiCubaChileColombiaBrazil