JOURNALISMWhat is it?

Why is it important?

What does it have to do with yearbook?

JOURNALISM timely reporting of events at the local,

provincial, national and international levels. Reporting involves the gathering of information through interviewing and research, the results of which are turned into a fair and balanced story for publication or for television or radio broadcast.

Journalism is NOT just Photography fact-finding media analysis Opinion writing, or commentary

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Brings news to the general population

through a variety of mediaTelevisionRadio InternetPrint sources (newspapers, magazines, etc.)

While all types of journalism are important, we are going to focus on PRINT journalism.

BROADCAST JOURNALISM Broadcast Journalism is the

field of news and journals which are "broadcast", that is, published by electrical methods Radio

NPR/MPR Clear Channel Communications Cumulus

Television Most influential medium Local News National News 24 hour News Stations –

CNN, Fox News, etc. E! News? TMZ? Inside Edition?

ONLINE JOURNALISM defined as the reporting of facts when

produced and distributed via the Internet www.cnn.comwww.kttc.comHuffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/TMZ.com?

PRINT JOURNALISM Newspapers

The Post BulletinThe Star TribuneUSA TodayPioneer PressWall Street Journal

MagazinesTIMENewsweekRolling StoneEntertainment Weekly?

WHAT DEFINES “JOURNALISM” timely reporting of events at the local,

provincial, national and international levels. Reporting involves the gathering of information through interviewing and research, the results of which are turned into a fair and balanced story for publication or for television or radio broadcast.

HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE READ EVERY DAY IS “JOURNALISM” For one day, keep track of the

information you consumeEvery time you Google something, go to a

“news” website, read an article, or watch tv, write it down

Is it timely? Is it reporting events?Does it involve investigation or research?Does it involve interviews? Is it fair and balanced?

Bring it with you on Friday – we will discuss the results

YEARBOOK The yearbook is an example of PRINT

JOURNALISM You are now part of a journalism team

that is working to complete a student publication

You are the reporters, investigators, writers, fact-checkers, copy-editors, layout designers, and photographers

Each one of you will do ALL of the above!

TIME TO WRITE! Today in class you are going to write a

personal essay This assignment will do a couple of things

1) It will give me an idea of where you are as a writer and if we need to spend time on basic writing skills

2) It will give me insight into why you chose to take this class over the other electives (be honest, if you’re here because you heard it’s an easy A, you are going to be sorely disappointed)

3)It will also let me know where the misconceptions lie amongst the entire staff so I know what I need to teach in the first couple weeks

ANSWER ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS!THIS ESSAY SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PAGE HANDWRITTEN

Why are you in this class? What do you want to learn? How are you going to contribute to the

staff? (special skills, leadership, positive attitude)

What are you wondering, curious, nervous about?

What type of journalism are you most interested in? Broadcast? online? print?Why? Be specific.