Weekly Schedule
For Monday:
Office Hours (4-5 pm) Attendance optional
Class Open Lab posts due by 12 pm (so I can respond before we move on)
By Tuesday: I will post your weekly assignment
City Tech Spring 2021 Academic Calendar (including withdrawal deadlines)
| Class Readings
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Class Assignments
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| Week 1
Classes begin 8/25 |
Welcome to City Tech and English 1151
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· Register for OpenLab and request membership to our course site
· Write your Self-Introduction to our class (post by Monday, Aug. 30)
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| Week 2
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Unit 1: The Journalist at Work
“Ebony Returns to Chronicle a New Moment” “Did I Really Just Buy Ebony?” Interview with Eden Bridgeman Sklenar |
· On OpenLab, discuss what you found interesting about the article and/or interview · For the Interview essay, mention a writing strategy that you think will be helpful for a student journalist. Read your classmates’ responses prior to posting, so you contribute a new point. · Create free New York Times account |
| Week 3
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Work on Student Profile (Assignment #1) What Is “News”? Watch Professor’s Video and Follow the News on This Topic
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| Week 4
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Lewis Wallace “View from Somewhere” and his Op-Ed “Objectivity is Dead, and I’m Okay With It” | · In a paragraph, respond to one point Wallace makes in his writing that you found interesting and important.
Give a current example that speaks to the danger of journalists being too neutral or a story that isn’t being covered but should be?
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| Week 5
Tues. 3/2
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“Writing the Opinion Essay” (Assignment #2) OpEdAssignment
Read Caroline Hellman “In Defense of the Classroom” |
· What are the key features of an OpEd? |
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History of the First Amendment
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| Week 7
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The Anatomy of Fake News by Nolan Higdon |
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| Week 8
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Anthony Adornato’s Mobile and Social Media Journalism (2018): mobileandsocialmedia
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| Week 9
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Mobile and Social Media Journalism The History of the Media Film: “Voice of the People: Joseph Pulitzer” Review: “City of Print” Website
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| Week 10
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The History of the Media
Film: “Voice of the People: Joseph Pulitzer” Review: “City of Print” Website Review Pultizer Prize Web Site and Winning Articles
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| Week 11
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Feature Writing
Annie Correal, “The Epicenter” |
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| Week 12
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Feature Project Discussion
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· Write a 1-paragraph proposal for your Unit 4 Project and share on OpenLab. Include which genre best suits your project, and your intended audience
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| Week 13
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Melvin Menchen, “The Reporter at Work” MencherNewsReporting | |
| Week 14
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· Schedule Meeting with the Professor | |
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| Week 16
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Final Feature Project due
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