tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52223302939683453542011-04-22T01:46:44.617-04:00This is where Kalamazoo College's English 105: Intro to Journalism class convenes virtuallyMarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17646435073582263560noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222330293968345354.post-21319229643861395402008-09-25T11:19:00.005-04:002008-09-25T14:11:53.434-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://magazine.concordia.ca/2005/september/features/Journalism.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://magazine.concordia.ca/2005/september/features/Journalism.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />So, here we are.<br /><br />Get your own blog set up, check in here for the rest of the class's sites, update your blogroll. Put up a picture, set up an RSS feed and put up any other bells and whistles you care to. Just make sure to keep it professional! Your blog will be your living portfolio--something you'll be able to use in job interviews. So, don't put up images, content or use language that might work against you.<br /><br />Here's your assignment for Tuesday:<br /><br />Read: <br />AP stylebook, A through C<br />Rich, chapters 7 (leads and nut graphs) and 8 (story structure)<br /><br />Do:<br />Watch the first presidential debate Friday night at 9 p.m. and think about how you would lede a story about it. Write a one-sentence lede and post it on your blog by midnight. (If the debate doesn't happen, then you're off the hook for this one.) Here's <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092403388.html">some commentary</a> from WaPo about it, fyi.<br /><br />Object Description: write a physical description of an object (sitting in front of you) without using adjectives or adverbs. 200 words. Post it on your blog. Take a look at your colleagues' work before class Tuesday, and bring to class a hard copy of your own piece, written in copy format.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5222330293968345354-2131922964386139540?l=kzoonewswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17646435073582263560noreply@blogger.com3