Week Two - Journalism Homework - Due Midnight 9/30/05

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Journalism Students - Attention.



You have till midnight next Wednesday to get these submitted - just add them to the comments here. If you want to be certain of the requirements for each course, they can be found here. This entry is listed on my info page, so you can find it again whenever you need to.

Journalism 101
100 words on your perceived outcome of the current student elections. Be as fanciful as you please.

Journalism 201
150 words on any of the current candidates for school office. Slant it however you please.

Journalism 301
200 words on one of the current candidates for school office - WITHOUT taking a personal stand pro or con.

Advanced Journalism
100 riveting, truthful words on a topic you'd like to see addressed in the student elections.

Combat Journalism
100-150 words in a slanted article on political mud-slinging/ballot-box stuffing/other electoral shenanigans. Pro or Con is your choice – the object is to stir up a heated reaction.

Photojournalism

One clear picture of each of the candidates for student office. All should be 200x200 pixels and clearly labeled.

Please be sure to put which course your response is for in the subject line of your comment for easier grading. This post and all other homework posts will be added to the memories section of my journal so that you can find it again to post when your homework is complete. On Thursday morning of next week I’ll post a reminder and a link back to this entry.

Edit: For the benefit of my students, this helpful list of student gov't hopefuls courtesy of dbiers



This week's homework will be publicly posted as things to think about as Student Elections roll around. Feel free to accept bribes from any candidates and report them with your homework for extra credit. Any actual interviews also receive extra credit but do not count toward your homework assignment.

P.S. Georgia, illness or no, you still owe me 100 words as to why I'm a fucking bastard.

Comments

Combat Journalism

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Political mudslinging is a time-honored tradition amongst candidates running for nearly every election.

Why, then, are none of our candidates following through? Could it be that they're nice people, concerned with working in harmony for the greater good of the school, or are they perhaps just ignorant?

Here, at the very beginning of the candidates' campaign, we see everyone working diligently on campaign posters, some of which sport endorsements from various sponsors, but none of them carry any indication of why one particular candidate is better than another.

How is the student body to choose, when frequently all that's known is the name or face of the student running? No platforms have been announced, discussed, or debated. How is the student body to know what one candidate is for unless they're calling out something another candidate is against?

Perhaps, in the coming week, the candidates will get in line behind this ancient and respected institution. Perhaps the students will be given reason to choose one candidate over another, in humorous yet vitriolic words.

We shall wait and see.

Re: Combat Journalism

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Pass