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Larry Parnass | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. Author Archives: Larry Parnass. I teach News Reporting and Writing at the University of Massachusetts. I serve as the Investigations Editor at The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Mass., and was formerly editor of the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Mass., and the Amherst Bulletin in Amherst, Mass. February 27, 2017. September 19, ...
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Condensed AP Stylebook sheet | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. Link to create wordpress blogs for JOURN 300. Kovach and Rosenstiel reading questions →. Condensed AP Stylebook sheet. February 5, 2014. Contains usage notes on addresses. For model of a story using AP Style. View all posts by Larry Parnass →. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Link to create wordpress blogs for JOURN 300.
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The reporter’s ‘go’ bag | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. Poynter Institute report on journalism skills. MASTERY: The beats project →. The reporter’s ‘go’ bag. January 25, 2016. A few things to keep in mind on a first field reporting assignment:. Know what you want to get: Shape your questions based on a hypothesis about your story. Be clear on basic background. Be snappy and fresh, but stay aw...
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Poynter’s News U | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. Link to create wordpress blogs for JOURN 300 →. Poynter’s News U. October 6, 2010. Great resource for journalism education. It is free to sign up, and many classes are offered without a fee. View all posts by Larry Parnass →. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Link to create wordpress blogs for JOURN 300 →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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MASTERY: The beats project | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. The reporter’s ‘go’ bag. John Oliver’s take on newspaper struggles →. MASTERY: The beats project. February 21, 2016. Each story will be 1,000 words with multiple sources (at least 3). Each MASTERY beat story will be returned for a revision. For now, post a short (100 words) description of your mastery beat on this shared Google doc.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. We will spend time evaluating what goes into newswriting by deconstructing stories, including those that win awards, looking for good models. We will dig into where news comes from and examine and analyze how reporters develop stories. Students will evaluate and put into practice methods of steady, deep, neutral and ...
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STORY CRITIQUE QUESTIONS | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. When analyzing a news story (your own, or someone else’s), apply these questions:. Does the first (or lead) paragraph summarize the dominant point? What specific information does the lead include? What does it leave out? How do the second and third paragraphs relate to the first paragraph and the information it contains? How is the story...
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Access to free New York Times online through UMass | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. Kovach and Rosenstiel reading questions. Grist for great leads →. Access to free New York Times online through UMass. September 5, 2015. Follow the instructions here. View all posts by Larry Parnass →. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Kovach and Rosenstiel reading questions. Grist for great leads →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. Larry Parnass, instructor / UMass Journalism 300. Reporting and newswriting. Course expectations and grading policy. Final letter grades in this class are based on student work in four areas. I will assign a letter grade for each of the four areas, which then be weighted on the scale described below.
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STORY OF THIS COURSE | Newsroom 300
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The world as seen by reporters with the UMass Journalism 300 project. STORY OF THIS COURSE. CLASS INFO, GROUNDRULES & GRADES. LINKS TO FRIDAY MEMOS. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. STORY OF THIS COURSE. This is what happens in my section of Journalism 300:. Journalism is an act of engaging with public life through incisive questioning and clear writing. The purpose of this course is to help students write engaging true stories about modern life. Our work in this class is the practice of steady, deep, neutral and or...
