Stories to read

Here are a couple news stories that are likely to turn up on your current events quiz Friday, Jan. 30.

Daily Inter Lake

NY Times

More on the basic news story

Here are some examples of the basic news story, or inverted pyramid, in local newspapers.

Daily Inter Lake

Missoulian

Here's a feature story that doesn't follow the structure we've discussed for the basic news story. Think about how it differs from the story structure we discussed in class.

Missoulian feature

Chapter 1 on Friday

We'll begin reviewing Chapter 1 in your text on Friday, Jan. 30.

SPJ Code of Ethics

Here's a link to the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics. Click on the ethics link in the left-hand column, then the Code of Ethics link on the upper right. Once there you'll see a link to the PDF version on the upper right. If you want to print a hard copy, link to the PDF which arranges the Code on one page. Here's a link to the PDF.

No class Wednesday

To all, a reminder. I won't be in class on Wednesday, Jan. 28. We won't have class that day.

I have a few other obligations that will take me away this semester, but I'll make plans so that you won't lose learning opportunities on those days.

Welcome

Good morning and welcome to FVCC's News Writing and Reporting Class. I will use this blog as means to communicate with you, and to provide you will useful information to use in and out of class.

Bookmark this site and get used to viewing it each day.

That's all for now.