fandomhigh | Week Two - Journalism Homework

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Very well. I'll have it done in an hour. *grumbles about word limits that she didn't see when she did the assignment and articles that have already run*

*drops revised article on Spider's desk still grumbling* Precisely 200 words.

Yesterday afternoon, posters appeared on campus billboards promoting a relative unknown for the position of Academic Affairs Coordinator. One Jonathon Crane, the write-in candidate who proclaims himself best for the job because “he likes academics.”

Crane’s campaign platform includes broad promises to:

• bridge the gap between students and faculty
• listen to students and teachers alike

When approached, Crane will indicate that his primary concern in running for this position is a fair election. That is, he believes elections shouldn’t be popularity contests, and students should have a choice in all positions. At his last school, the student council elections turned on who liked whom, rather than who was best qualified for the job. He fears that may be the case at Fandom High as well.

Effective communication and civil discourse are high on Crane’s list of important issues. Crane shows a strong ability to empathize. A compliment on the use of purple in his campaign posters by his opponent led to polite conversation in which they agreed that wearing pink was enough to make a person want to kill his or herself.

Jonathon Crane: the candidate for Academic Affairs who likes academics, wants better communication, and hates pink.

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

Re: Journalism 301: Jonathon Crane, write-in candidate for Academic Affairs

Re: Journalism 301: Jonathon Crane, write-in candidate for Academic Affairs