J202 Spring 2012
Week 3:
Story samples for lecture:
- Breaking news text
- Sidebar text
- Alternative story forms
- Interpretive text
- Press release
- Newsletter story
- Online or blog post
Story pitches for Assignment: Individual Story
- the overall assignment sheet
- important information on sources
- link to Google doc to enter your pitch
REMEMBER: Read the pitches entered before yours. You are not allowed to duplicate a pitch. All entries are time-stamped in my database, so I know the order in which they're added.
Be careful not to overwrite anyone else's pitch and do not type over the column labels in the first row.
Weekly Tip Sheet
- Grammar and Style (to prep for first quiz)
Weekly quizzes
Sample J202 quizzes and quiz keys: These will help you study for our quizzes, which begin Monday
Keys for group assignments
(these are only posted after the last lab of the week has completed them)
- Suggested leads for Assignment: Ranking Information
- Revision of Assignment: Critique Sample Story
Week 2 Materials
Personal Engagement and Participation Sites
Enter information and a link to your site in our shared Google Doc.
Please remember you are encouraged to make this public, but that is not a requirement. If you choose to make it private, you must add Katy and your TA as users. Katy's WordPress login is kathleenculver and email is kbculver@wisc.edu.
Materials for lecture
- Lead samples to accompany lecture Monday (either print out to bring with you or have ready to load on your laptop)
Weekly Tip Sheet
Weekly quizzes
Sample J202 quizzes and quiz keys: These will help you study for our quizzes, which begin in lecture, Week 3. Also remember the Grammar and Style Tip Sheet
Keys for group assignments
(these are only posted after the last lab of the week has completed them)
Week 1
Added Info
Link to the slideshow for Lab 2.
Course Intro – Welcome
The J202 TAs and I would like to congratulate you on your admission to the J-School. You succeeded in getting into one of the toughest and best mass comm programs in the country. Now for the real work!
We'll do our best to guide you through all the challenges this course brings. You'll find yourself pedaling fast, but think of us on the back seat of the tandem, helping you climb when the hills feel insurmountable.
Tell Us About You
- fill out the J202 student survey – This is not optional. It really helps us get to know you and help the class run smoothly. Complete by start of lecture Monday, Jan. 23.
Course Materials
Administrative stuff
The work in 202 builds week upon week. We'll use this course site to post PDFs of items you'll continually need. Here's a good first set:
- Syllabus
- Individual Story assignment sheet (the sheet mentions a sample audio slideshow, as well)
- Engagement and Participation
- Understanding Grading
- Assignment Formatting
- Professional Practices and Extra Credit (If you see the adviser for resume review, bring this form with you.)
Grading stuff
These guides should help you better understand how you're graded and how you can improve on your next assignment. A copy will accompany each assignment sheet.
Quiz stuff
- First online grammar and style quiz (deadline 5 p.m. Friday, Week 2)
- Past 202 grammar exam practice and key: This is a different format than the quiz you'll take online but covers all the same rules and concepts.
- Sample J202 quizzes and quiz keys
Tip sheet stuff
We provide tip sheets to help you in your writing.
Advice from past students
I often find past students' experiences help you succeed in your own J202 work. Sometimes it helps to know how people tackled the class. Here is how a set of students answered the question, "What is the one thing next semester's class should know coming into J202?"
Questions?
Always feel free to stop in my office (5146 Vilas) or email me when you don't understand something or you have a suggestion. If you come to my office, I usually have a pretty great selection of music going, fueled by cool 202er suggestions in the past. My favorite? Ben Folds. In fact, I'm sitting right behind him at the :22 mark of this video, shot in part in Madison.