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

Journalism 301 -- Profile of Beka Valentine

[chasingangela]

Beka Valentine is the only candidate running for the Academic Affairs position at Fandom High this fall. Through that role, she hopes to enhance teacher-student relationships and make things safer for all students.

The 17-year-old grew up mostly in the Andromeda Galaxy, about 3,500 years after the present day. Her world may not be so different from this one. “ I never thought of myself as the sort of person who'd want to hold an elected office. In my world, the only people who do that are corrupt,” she said.

That may have helped foster the protective streak that has lead to her choice to run for elected office. “If someone's in trouble, if I know them, I'll go to almost stupid lengths to help.

There are things that happen here, like the weapons ban, that worry me. Also, there are teachers who worry me. I have good relationships with a lot of the teachers, and I want to use those to help make things better and safer for the students,” she says.

In addition to her candidacy, Valentine’s other activities at the school include acting as an assistant to Sex Ed teacher Dawn and campaigning against the weapons ban.

Re: Journalism 301 -- Profile of Beka Valentine

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Pass.