Type your answers on a separate piece of paper.
You can submit it online as an attached file or hand in an actual piece of paper in class!
Course Basics
1. Please check out the various parts of this ENG/JRN 121 webpage. Remember, this is your "official" textbook for this course. As noted on the syllabus, Angel is for the more procedural parts of the class--gradebook, attendance and dropboxes. Please indicate by a check, or an affirmative answer, that you have done the following (5 points):
___ I have "bookmarked" the ENG/JRN 121 course page so I can readily access information about assignments and deadlines.
___ I know how to access my attendance and gradebook in the Angel system, as well as send and receive class e-mail.
Thinking About Journalism
2. Go to the Press Quotes Page. (The button on the main 121 page) (10 points)
a. Name three people cited as authors of quotes about journalism. (Don't just list the first three names on the page.)
b. Which quote strikes you as most relevant? Explain why.
3. Which area would you be most interested in covering if you were a reporter: Sports? Entertainment and celebrity news? Politics? Social justice issues (i.e. human rights, racism, sexism, gay rights)? Environmental issues? Community news? Education? Explain your answer. (5 points)
| For the next activities, go to the OCC Coulter Library's "Research Databases" page. (You can get there through this link or, for your information, you can go to the main OCC Homepage, click on "Coulter Library" and then click on "Research Databases.") If you are not on campus, you will need a working OCC network account. If you have any problems with your network account, you can call the OCC Help Desk at 498-2999. Your account name is your first initial followed by a period, followed by your middle initial, followed by a period, followed by your last name. Your password is your date of birth. Example: m.j.jones 102782 |
Thinking About Reporters
4. Go to the Academic Search Premier (it's in the first column on the library research database page) and look up one of the following journalists (your choice) and tell me a little bit about the person, giving the headline of the article, the periodical and the date of the article where you found the information. Two or three sentences is all that you need. This is to acquaint you with this periodical database. (10 points)
These are new as of 2/6, as a student reported a difficulty with the others.
a. Anna Politkovskaya
b. Helen Thomas
c. Ben Bradlee
d. Bob Woodruff
e. Kimberly Dozier
f. Anne Garrels
Some suggestions when you search in Academic Search Premiere (EBSCOhost)
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Thinking About Local News
5. Go to the "Syracuse and New York Newspapers" Database. In the search engine, you need to select "advanced search" and type in "Post-Standard" in the box for the journal or newspaper . It's always helpful to search for items "with full text." Look up one of the following people (your choice) and tell me a little bit about the person, giving the headline and date of the article where you found the information. Two or three sentences is all that you need. This is to acquaint you with the Syracuse Newspapers archive. (The names are just random ones of people who have been in the local news.) (10 points)
a. Darlene Kerr
b. Frank Woolever
c. Tylar Smith
d. Keir Weimer
e. Aggie Lane
f. Lovie Winslow
Thinking About Your Ethical Case Study
6. Your final project is worth 200 points and asks you to take an in-depth look at a major case study in journalism. This is due the last week of the semester. Go to the the page for the Ethical Study on my website and look at the choices. Indicate which three topics you might be interested in doing. If there is another issue related to journalism or news coverage that you would like to do, feel free to also let me know. (You don't have to make up your mind right now.) You may want to consider doing it in an area that you like. If you are not familiar with a name or issue, feel free to use Academic Search Premier to look it up. If you include some information about it, citing the periodical source, you will get extra credit. (10 points for this question; 5 points extra credit)