History of Journalism Projects: Day 2

History of Journalism Projects:

From Monday:

• Dan'nae: Dorothy Thompson
• Frank: David Brinkley
• Emily: Bryant Gumbel
• Azana: John Upton Sinclair
• Ellie & Jocelyn: Katie Couric
• Liana: Ida B. Wells
• Tamaron: Molly Ivins

Wednesday:

• Nasmere: Tom Wolfe
• Alexander: Andrew Hamilton
• Samuel: Sam Adams
• Sara: Ben Franklin
• Kyra: Barbara Walters
• Isiah: Benjamin Day
• Carina: Anna Catherine Zenger
• Thalia: Joseph Pulitzer

ALL students should turn in their outline, URL address or Powerpoint file, works cited page (unless listed in your Powerpoint or Prezi), and your 1-page reflection.

Students that do not go today, will go on Friday. Absent students today will give their presentation Friday.

HOMEWORK: Black Like Me: pages: 38-76. Please list at least 5 conflicts that John Howard Griffin has to deal with after his transformation. You can refer to events from pages 1-76 for this answer. Also, in a paragraph personal reflection what is your reaction so far to reading the first 76 pages of this book? Please turn your answers in writing (hand or typed) for Friday's class for homework credit.

History of Journalism Projects; Black Like Me

This afternoon, please take 20 minutes to complete the following tasks: 

• Prepare your work (presentations); if you are delivering your project today, please send me the attachment in the comments section below!
• Pick up Black Like Me from the library. 
• Read/watch information below. You should know the definition of "muckrakers" and a little history of the Progressive Era.

Before spending our time with various journalism projects, please go to the library to pick up the muckraking masterpiece: Black Like Me.

The handout article on the book can be found here from the Smithsonian. For more information about muckrakers and their history, check out these important videos. You will, by the way, cover this information in your American History courses (APush, for example...if you take it). But a good idea to learn it now.

Muckrakers of the Progressive Era
Crashcourse: The Progressive Era
Black Like Me, Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of John Howard Griffin

History of Journalism projects:

Please turn in the following components for your project:

• Your outline
• Your works cited page (unless this is in your Powerpoint or Prezi)
• Your Powerpoint/Prezi URL (please use the comment section below to indicate your URL address)
• Your 1-page reflection on the project

Topics Possible Today:

Please take notes on the key details of these journalists. Our essential question is "who are these people" and "what did they do to influence journalism or history"?

Dan'nae: Dorothy Thompson

Tamaron: Molly Ivins

Isabella & Karina: Nellie Bly

Emily: Bryant Gumbel

Alexis: Susan Sontag

Serita: Gloria Steinem

Azana: John Upton Sinclair

Ellie & Jocelyn: Katie Couric

Liana: Ida B. Wells

Frank: David Brinkley

HOMEWORK: Please begin reading Black Like Me. Complete pages: 1-37. Those students who did not deliver their projects today, should prepare their projects for next class!

History of Journalism Project Deadline Looming!; The Functions of a Journalist

Please use your time in the lab today to complete your Powerpoint or Prezi presentations for your History of Journalism Project.

We will deliver these presentations next week (Monday/Wednesday). Sign up for a performance slot. Your OUTLINE, MLA WORKS CITED PAGE, and presentation (address or file) will be due on the date of your presentation.

Additionally, you will need to write a short 1-page (double-spaced) reflection on the project. Answer the following points in your reflection:

• What did you learn about the field of journalism through this project?
• What parts of the project were easy or difficult for you, and WHY?
• If you are working with a partner, how did you interact with your partner? How effective was your collaboration? If you were working alone, what problems did you run into in putting this assignment together?
• What is most memorable about your subject?
• What questions or concerns or areas of interest are you still puzzled about, or what else might you be interested in knowing after completing your project?

If you have completed your prezi/powerpoint, outline, reflection, and works cited page, please complete your homework (see below for details!)

THE FUNCTIONS OF A JOURNALIST

1. The political function
2. The economic function
3. The sentry function
4. The record-keeping function
5. The entertainment function
6. The social function
7. The marketplace function
8. The agenda-setting function

HOMEWORK: Please read the handout article on the "functions of a journalist". For homework, please read the following journalism articles and identify the author's FUNCTION:

A. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/why-pope-francis-sounds-like-a-democrat/407023/

B. http://www.si.com/nba/2015/09/23/chris-bosh-heat-raptors-georgia-tech-health-blood-clots-lebron-james

C. http://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/02/inequality-wealth-gap-ogden-utah-375820.html

Please support your answers with the text and/or the handout article. Due Monday, September 28.
 

Chew on This Test; History of Journalism Project

Please complete the test on the book "Chew on This". When you have finished, please go next door to our lab and continue working on your Prezi or PowerPoint projects on the History of Journalism.

Projects will be due next week!

HOMEWORK: None.

History of Journalism Project; Chew on This Discussion (Socratic Seminar)

Work on your projects during 7th period.

Some advice about using Prezi/PowerPoint:

• Use your outline to determine what are the KEY ideas you want your audience to know.
• Slides in your presentation should be concise. 
• 75% of your presentation should be delivered as speech to us (your audience)--the slides are there to make sure we understand your main points!
• The details are in what you have learned. Use your knowledge of the subject to deliver your speech--DO NOT READ OFF OF YOUR SLIDES. You should KNOW this material!
• It IS okay to use an index card or script for details you do not know well or that you cannot memorize. But this should be kept to a minimum.
• Keep fonts and sizes consistent when possible.
• Use videos (short ones) or audio clips when necessary to hear the information from the primary source.
• Use eye-contact; Remember to present your presentation as a "performance"--this means you probably want to be prepared!
• Your presentation should tell us:
• Who or what is this subject?
• When and where did this subject take place? Give us the context.
• How and why is this subject important to JOURNALISM or the MEDIA?
• What impact has this journalist had on those journalists who came after them?
• Why should we care about this topic? What insight can you share with us about your subject?

During 8th period, let's move next door to discuss Chew on This!

1. Identify three literary or visual techniques Schlosser and Wilson use that hook the reader's attention. 
2. What are three new facts about fast-food production that you encountered in your reading? Be specific!
3. Explain any biases the authors display throughout the book and back up your ideas with specific evidence from the book. It's a good idea to include quotes!
4. Think about the story of Kristina Clark in the chapter, "Stop the Pop". What is particularly notable about her experience? Identify a few reasons that Schlosser and Wilson may have chosen to feature her. 
5. Take a closer look at the section titled "Shocking" (in the chapter "Meat"). How does this writing influence your emotions as the reader? What might be the purpose of eliciting (drawing out) this type of reaction from the reader. 
6. Why do you think the authors might have chosen to end with narratives about the Edible Schoolyard, In-N-Out, and Burgerville? How does this impact the tone of the book?
7.  Take a look through the notes section of the book (starting at p. 268). How does this make the book more credible? What source titles jump out at you as being reliable or unreliable?
8. Looking closer at the chapter "Big" why might this topic of "fast food" be elicit important media coverage now?

HOMEWORK: Please complete your reading of Chew on This for our test next class. As you complete your analysis of the book, consider the cultural/media events AFTER this book was published. How, for example, has this topic changed?

The Republican Primary Debates, Sept. 16

For extra credit, please watch the Republican Primary Debates:

Part One (start at 11:30 on the time bar to skip commentary/speculation)
Part Two

In the comment section below (for extra credit), please post your response to any of the following questions:

• What were the big issues the commentators asked the candidates?
• Who seemed to "win" or do well in the debate in your opinion?
• Examine the camera work and media coverage by Fox News. What bias or slant might the media have used to discredit or improve the image of the candidates? 
• What surprised or pleased or changed your mind about what the candidates said?
• What angered, displeased, or disappointed you with what the candidates said?
• What questions (if any) do you have about some of the key words or vocabulary the candidates used?
• What was your reaction to watching the debates?
• Which candidate in your opinion would be best for our country? Why?
• What DO the American people want or care about in your opinion? Did you hear this issue in the debate? How well was the issue answered, if it was?
• What other issues do you wish to respond to?

John Oliver's satirical commentary on the debate

News Journalism Project: Day 2

Please turn in your notes from the article handout from last class: "Looking Back: The History of American Media" for homework credit today.

LAB: please select a new news article from the news bar (in the link section to the right side of your screen) and read it. In the comment section below, please post an answer to these questions:

A. What is the title and author of the article you read? 

B. Summarize the main point of the article. What information did the journalist provide to us? 

C. What do you notice about the writing of this article? Can you detect a "voice" in the article, or a bias? How is this article written differently from other forms of writing we have discussed in the past (short stories, essays, memoir, blog posts, internet reviews, etc.)? 

D. Is this a NEW news article or a continuing story? What does the author of this article assume you already know about the topic (what is not explained or covered in the article?)

When you are done with LAB TASK #1, please continue our History of News Journalism project.

1. You should continue the project with research. Take notes as is appropriate. 
2. Make sure to copy your site or internet address/URL's into your notes. You need to be able to cite the sources you use. 
3. As we work on this project, coordinate your notes with your partner (or organize your notes for yourself if working alone). Share what you learned and come to a consensus as to how it is to be presented in a Prezi or Powerpoint.
4. If you are working in a group of 2 divide up the work as to visual and written. Who is writing the outline and who is putting together the Prezi or Power Point. Keep in mind that you will be both receive the same grade. If one person does less than quality work, the outcome will reflect on both group members. 
5. Create an outline to make sure you know what you have to cover and what you are covering in the presentation.
6. The due date for this project will be set by the end of this week. We will be working on our projects next class as well, so bring your materials with you to class. If you know you will be absent, please alert your partner, if you have one. 

History of Journalism Project Directions (read carefully):
1. At the end of this project you will need to turn in an outline, a Powerpoint or Prezi presentation (URL or file), a works cited page, and a short reflection.
2. You will need to present your Powerpoint or Prezi to the rest of the class. The outline, works cited page, and reflection go to me (and are due when you give your presentation to the class).


HOMEWORK: Please aim to complete Chew on This for Friday. You should be able to examine the text using the media studies vocabulary notes you took last class. More info on what exactly to look for in the book will be forthcoming in our next lesson. You will be tested on this book and we will discuss it in class as an example of investigative journalism.