{"id":117,"date":"2017-05-01T17:10:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T21:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/akjournalism\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2023-04-03T08:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T12:08:58","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/akjournalism\/syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcunis.dearbornschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/05\/journalism-banner.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2014\/06\/30\/14\/53\/microphone-380310__340.jpg\" alt=\"Microphone, Sound Studio, Recording\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome To Ms. Kincaid\u2019s Journalism Experience<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Kincaid \u2013 Unis Middle School<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:kincaia@dearbornschools.org\">kincaia@dearbornschools.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>voicemail &#8211; (313) 827-7703<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unis Journalism class is dedicated to the craft of writing, editing, photographing, audio recording, video shooting, and documenting news that is relevant to our student body and the surrounding community of Dearborn, Michigan. All published student work can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/\">https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/<\/a> \u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students will focus on hard news and feature news writing with journalistic integrity.\u00a0 They will learn how to pick high interest topics, develop quality questions, acquire advanced photography techniques, adhere to journalistic writing styles, and other methods and procedures necessary to write authentic feature stories within a predetermined deadline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students will be expected to fulfill a rigorous timeline of written and photographic assignments. Parent consent letter to publish student work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supplies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; a thick notebook<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; pencils<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Outline:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Power of News<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why Journalism<\/li>\n<li>Let Your Voice Be Heard<\/li>\n<li>What Readers Want<\/li>\n<li>Types of News Stories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>News Writing Basics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 Functions of Journalism<\/li>\n<li>Inverted Pyramid<\/li>\n<li>Nut Graph<\/li>\n<li>Text Structure<\/li>\n<li>Validity and Credible Sources<\/li>\n<li>Questions &#8211; How to write good ones<\/li>\n<li>Ready to Interview<\/li>\n<li>Quotes<\/li>\n<li>Headlines<\/li>\n<li>Leads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ethics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Media and the Law<\/li>\n<li>Censorship<\/li>\n<li>1st Amendment<\/li>\n<li>Student Journalistic Rights<\/li>\n<li>Facts vs Opinion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Getting Ready to Write<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professionalism<\/li>\n<li>Grammar, Proofreading, and Editing<\/li>\n<li>Criteria and Rubrics<\/li>\n<li>Meeting Deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Budget Meetings<\/li>\n<li>Self Assessment<\/li>\n<li>Peer editing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photojournalism<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rules of Photo Composition<\/li>\n<li>A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words<\/li>\n<li>Photo Assignment Fun (due monthly)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Community Through Our Lenses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hard News vs\u00a0Soft News<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Around the Globe<\/li>\n<li>Elements of News<\/li>\n<li>In-Depth Reporting<\/li>\n<li>Careers In Journalism<\/li>\n<li>Writing Newsletters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Opinions and Editorials<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorials Count<\/li>\n<li>Then and Now<\/li>\n<li>Ted Talks<\/li>\n<li>Impromptu Speeches<\/li>\n<li>News Broadcasting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multimedia and Journalism<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Videography 101<\/li>\n<li>Video editing and production<\/li>\n<li>Visual storytelling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Final Projects<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2015\/01\/28\/14\/27\/magazines-614897__340.jpg\" alt=\"Magazines, Magazine, Journalism, Press\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome To Ms. Kincaid\u2019s Journalism Experience Ms. Kincaid \u2013 Unis Middle School kincaia@dearbornschools.org voicemail &#8211; (313) 827-7703 Course Overview: Unis Journalism class is dedicated to the craft of writing, editing, photographing, audio recording, video shooting, and documenting news that is relevant to our student body and the surrounding community of Dearborn, Michigan. 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