Transcript Week 13: December 3

Week 13: Journalism 2001
December 3, 2007
Announcements
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Tour of KBJR/KDLH:12/10, 4:30 p.m.
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From UMD, take College Street/St. Marie to Woodland Avenue.
Turn right on Woodland to 21st Avenue E.
Take a left on 21st Avenue and head down to I-35.
Turn right on I-35 and exit on Lake Avenue.
Take a left on Lake Avenue, cross over the freeway.
Take the first right on Railroad Street.
The public parking lot is just past the Lake Avenue stop light on
your right.
– KBJR-TV is located kiddy corner from the parking lot at 246 S.
Lake Ave.
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10 Extra Credit Points
Review of last week’s news
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Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
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Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Don Imus
Chapter 13: Obituaries
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Writing obits: A fate worse than death?
– One of the most highly read section of the newspaper
– Each paper has different policies on obituaries
– Often front-page news
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Capturing the flavor of a life
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Ronald Reagan
Shirley Chisholm
Pope John Paul II
Bob Hope
Rodney Dangerfield
Often published free of charge
Typical content of obits
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Full name
Address
Date of death
Cause of death
– How to handle suicides?
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Age
Occupation
Accomplishments
Time and date of services, visitation information
Place of burial, memorial information
Names of survivors
In the news
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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling about Wiccan
symbols:
– http://www.startribune.com/484/story/11383
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Sources of information
Funeral homes
 Families
 Confirming information
 Avoiding hoaxes
 eHow: How to write an obituary
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– http://www.ehow.com/how_3456_write-obituary.html
Let’s look at some obituaries
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 New York Times
 Los Angeles Times
 Cloquet Pine Journal
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Ethics Case
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Killing news: Responsible coverage of
suicides
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethic
s/sensitive-news-topics/killing-newsresponsible-coverage-of-suicides/
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Sharing the community’s grief: Little Rock
news coverage of 3 teenage suicides
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethic
s/sensitive-news-topics/sharing-thecommunitys-grief/
Upcoming stories
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Feature Story Assignment
– Final article due: December 10
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Final eportfolio project: Due December 17
Out of Class Assignment
Final news release rewrites!
 3 paragraph rewrites
 Due: Monday, April 30
 Email to [email protected]
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In-Class Assignment
Meet the Press interview with Tom
Brokaw, former anchor of NBC news
 Email story of 350-400 words by end of
tonight’s class to: [email protected]
 Who is Tom Brokaw?
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– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brokaw
Egradebook
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Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
 Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
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