English 255Calendar

Day One: Wednesday, May 29
Course introduction, interviews; What is News?

Day Two: Thursday, May 33
What is News? What are the media? Communication theory.

Week Two

Day Three: Monday, June 3
* Quiz on The Elements of Journalism, Chapters One through Three ("What is Journalism For?" "Truth: The First and Most Confusing Principle" and "Who Journalists Work For.")

* Hand in Web Site Homework; Free Press Theory and Law.

Day Four:  Tuesday, June 4
* Quiz on Elements of News.  Free Press Theory and Law.

Day Five:  Wednesday, June 5
* Quiz on "The Russians."
Complete Free Press Theory and Law; Dissecting a Newspaper; Newspaper Layout

Day Six: Thursday, June 6
* Collecting Assignment One: Analysis of Public Attitudes about Media.
"Dissecting "a Newspaper; * Newspaper Layout (in class)

Week Three

Day Seven: Monday, June 10
* Test on Free Press law; Start Libel law

Day Eight: Tuesday, June 11
Trip to Newspaper

Day Nine:  Wednesday, June 12
Libel law

Day Ten: Thursday, June 13
"Absence of Malice"

Week Four

Day Eleven: Monday, June 17
News and Photojournalism; Computer Room

Day Twelve:  Tuesday, June 18
* Quiz on remaining chapters of  The Elements of Journalism; Government and Self Regulation

Day Thirteen: Wednesday, June 19
"Vast Wasteland" Activity; Print vs. Electronic Media

Day Fourteen: Thursday, June 20
* Test on Libel Law; Sensationalism

Week Five

Day Fifteen: Monday, June 24
* Collecting Comparative Analysis of A Print and Broadcast Story; Library time for research  alone or with partner.

Day Sixteen:  Tuesday, June 25
The "Mythology" of Watergate and the Lewinsky Scandal

Day Seventeen: Wednesday, June 26
Watch "All the President's Men"

Day Eighteen: Thursday, June 27
Presentation of Ethical Case Studies

Day Nineteen: Friday, June 28
Take-home essay final exam due in my mailbox by 5 p.m. You may also e-mail it to me as an attached file in either Microsoft Word or WordPerfect by 5 p.m.