Sunday, March 30, 2003

The news of my death have been greatly exaggerated. 4:11:01 PM    comment []

Wednesday, March 26, 2003

The war coverage drinking game 7:30:42 PM    comment []

Sunday, March 23, 2003

Other People's Stories. An interesting and creative site mixing one solid image with a short short true story. 10:54:47 AM    comment []

Saturday, March 22, 2003

Here's a list of journalist's weblogs in Iraq. 10:43:34 AM    comment [] Google It!

Sunday, March 16, 2003

Assignment Due Friday, March 21st Post to your blog a true story about yourself. Think about the narrative story, beginning, middle, end. Also, imply a theme. There should be an overriding effect--humor, lesson learned, an emotion. The story should be at least a page and a half, typed out. 1:09:40 PM    comment []

Wednesday, March 5, 2003

From the desk of Horatio McDuck... Here's your story assignments, folks! So, get to writing! I expect some great stories for this Sunday. I'll bet my uncle's Lexus on it. 12:34:25 AM    comment []

Sunday, March 2, 2003

The blogs are in the sidebar now. For some reason, I can't get Ashley Petersens or Dan Griffith's blogs to come up. Please e-mail me with the URL again. 5:32:58 PM    comment []

Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Marshall McLuhan. "I don't necessarily agree with everything I say." [Quotes of the Day] 12:23:40 AM    comment []

Thursday, February 13, 2003

Lenin. "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." [Quotes of the Day] 3:37:00 PM    comment [] YOU CANNOT OVERKILL this story Here's an internal memo from Clear Channel talking about their impending war coverage. Interesting. 3:00:51 PM    comment []

Monday, February 3, 2003

Erica Jong. "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." [Quotes of the Day] 7:28:15 AM    comment []

Sunday, February 2, 2003

Here's the email address for the The Wayne Stater. You can e-mail your stories directly to the Stater staff. 12:44:35 PM    comment [] Here's a short list of free blog hosting sites. Almost all of them also have a more feature-rich, pay version. Blogspot. Blogspot is also affiliated with Blogger. Diaryland. Pitas. Xanga. I like Xanga, look for the free site. I like this blog hosting because you can really change and mess with your blog look and feel. The commenting system is nice, but may be confusing for some. 1sound. Also has commenting. For music lovers. To check out some other's blogs, go to Globe of Blogs and start clicking. There's a whole weird world out there. The blog service I use is Radioland. You can see the link on this page. It's 40 bucks a month. 11:57:30 AM    comment []

Monday, January 20, 2003

Assignment due Wednesday, Jan. 29 Movie review. Write a movie review on any recent movie for one of the four following magazines: Parenting Sci-Fi Cinema Maxim Cosmopolitan This isn't just a recap or "thumbs-up/thumbs-down" review. Consider your audience and put the movie in context with society/trends/other movies. The review should be a page (minimum) to two pages long. 2:48:28 PM    comment []

Thursday, January 16, 2003

Don't forget to check out the assignment schedule. 11:40:11 PM    comment [] Here's the list of groups for the class. 11:36:25 PM    comment []

Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Assignment for Friday, Jan. 17 1. Three news story ideas. (S) The ideas must be local for The Wayne Stater. Include contact info, what you think makes the story newsworthy, what angle you would take and other details of the story. 2. Self Press release. (M) Write a press release about yourself. This can be fiction. Include all contact info mentioned in class, a headline, quotes, and other facts to back up your story. 9:04:55 PM    comment []

Saturday, January 11, 2003

Welcome Writing for Mass Media Class. On the side is the class syllabus and up-to-the minute assignment schedule. Look to this space for blog links, assignment details and other information related to the class. And if you have a question, e-mail me by clicking on the envelope icon. Be sure to fill out your name and return e-mail address for reply. You can also use the comments section. 2:46:15 AM    comment []

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