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JOURNALISM 210 / WHAT’S NEWS?

From
The
Ne w
York
 Times 



Prepare
for
weekly
news
discussions
by
tracking
and
reading
journalists’
work
published
in

The
New
York
Times’
national
edition.
We’ll
essentially
build
a
news
community,
where
you

will
link
and
track
the
news,
while
developing
your
own
news
network
of
followers.


This
project
is
designed
to
help
you
understand
concepts
associated
with
quality
news

reporting,
writing
and
ethics
as
well
as
journalism
culture
and
core
values.
It
should
improve

your
consumption
of
current
events.


Colle ct
“clippings”
 in
a
server
f olde r 



Select
a
reporter
whose
byline
(and
Twitter)
appears
in
The
New
York
Times
and/or
choose
a

topic
related
to
course
content.
Editorial/Opinion
pages
and
columnists
are
off
limits.
As
you

read
these
stories,
pay
attention
to
issues
that
involve
the
type
of
stories
and
reporting

assigned
in
this
class,
especially
those
about
this
region.


You
will
keep
these
items
in
electronic
files
so
that
you
can
track
the
way
the
stories
evolve

and
how
the
reporter
handles
an
ongoing
issue.
Organize
your
file
chronologically
or

topically.


Look
for
any
items
under
"corrections"
on
page
A2
or
on
the
Web
site
that
may
relate
to

what
you
are
tracking.


Analyze
j ournalistic
 techniques
 using
microblogging
p la tforms 



As
you
read
the
stories,
highlight
especially
meaningful
and
interesting
passages
so
that
you

can
answer
the
following
questions
in
your
own
microblog
platform,
such
as
Twitter
or

FriendFeed.
Make
notes
to
use
as
evidence
to
support
your
comments,
written
in
140

characters.


1)
–
What
is
the
main
focus
of
this
story
and
what
makes
it
newsworthy?

2)
–
What
common
journalistic
techniques
are
used
to
attract
readers’
attention?


3)
–
Who
are
the
main
sources
and
how
did
the
reporter
attribute
their
comments?


4)
–
What
or
who
might
be
missing
from
focus,
sources?

5)
–
How
would
you
tell
this
story?
Write
a
sample
lede
in
140
characters.

6)
–
What
ethical
or
other
core
journalism
values
are
communicated
in
this
story?

7)
–
How
did
the
reporter
get
the
story?
How
do
you
know?

8)
–
What
remains
difficult
to
understand?
Explain
your
response.

9)–
Describe
how
this
assignment
influenced
your
stories
and/or
understanding
of

journalism.


Source:
Adapted
from
The
New
York
Times
College
Program
Clippings
Project,
2001

Bowen
•
J210
•
Fall
2010

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