The Dispatch Issue #2
Last class I indicated that you would be doing a brainstorm today, but I decide to wait until I return so we can work on that together. So, make sure you are done with Opinion Story #1. Make sure you have created a Google Doc and shared it as a CLICKABLE link on your Google Site. Make sure it is SHARED PROPERLY, so that ANYONE with the LINK can EDIT!!
Then move on to this assignment. You are going to spend the entire period reading the 2nd issue of the Dispatch. I will pass out copies of the paper shortly. You will need your own copy. You are welcome to take it home if you would like.
Please read one story from each of the following SIX sections:
1. News or the Politics page
2. Features
3. Entertainment or Reviews or the Photo Essay (pg 6 or 16)
4. Sports
5. Commentary
6. And you must read either the In-Depth story on page 8-9 (I voted) or 7 (Behind the ballot)
As you read the stories I want you to answer the following questions for EACH story on your Google Site on a new subpage called Dispatch Issue #1:
1. Write a two sentence summary of the story.
2. Answer the following questions for each story:
Who was quoted in the story?
What quote was the strongest in your opinion?
Did the lead paragraph make you want to keep reading?
Was the conclusion a quote or a statement?
3. Now make a new text box on the same subpage (Dispatch Issue #1) and answer the following questions:
Which story made you want to learn more about the topic?
Which story was the best written?
Which story had the best quotes (overall)?
Which story was the most boring of the ones you read?
Which one was the hardest to follow (meaning maybe wasn't written as well)?
4. Then I want you to do a couple of things with the photography. In a new text box, answer the following questions:A. What is your favorite photo in the entire paper?A1. Why is this your favorite?B. What is your least favorite photo in the entire paper?B1. Why is this your least favorite?C. If you were a photographer on staff, which event/photo assignment would you have liked to do for this issue? You will need to look through the entire paper and see the topics covered and decide which one you think would have been fun.D. Overall, how would you rate the photography in this issue (1-10 scale, 1 being terrible, 10 being the best set of photos you have ever seen)? What were the strong points and weak points of the images as a whole?5. LAST TASK - The newspaper staff just completed a brainstorm activity for the second issue of the year which will come out in late December. I consider my Journalism 1 students part of staff, so I want to hear from you. Please list 3 to 5 story ideas you think would be interesting to read about in the school newspaper. Try to think of things that impact students, or has some sort of local connection. If you propose an idea for something broader than that, please give me some sort of story "angle" that could be "localized" to Bowie. Every story in the school newspaper should have some sort of impact on students at the school.
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