Bryan Gahagan: WSC Writing for Mass Media

Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:11:01 GMT

The news of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Thu, 27 Mar 2003 01:30:42 GMT

The war coverage drinking game

Sun, 23 Mar 2003 16:54:47 GMT

Other People's Stories. An interesting and creative site mixing one solid image with a short short true story.

A list of Journalist Weblogs in Iraq

Sat, 22 Mar 2003 16:43:34 GMT

Here's a list of journalist's weblogs in Iraq.

Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:09:40 GMT

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.

Wed, 05 Mar 2003 06:34:25 GMT

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.

Sun, 02 Mar 2003 23:32:58 GMT

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.

Wed, 26 Feb 2003 06:23:40 GMT

Marshall McLuhan. "I don't necessarily agree with everything I say." [Quotes of the Day]

Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:37:00 GMT

Lenin. "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." [Quotes of the Day]

Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:00:51 GMT

YOU CANNOT OVERKILL this story Here's an internal memo from Clear Channel talking about their impending war coverage. Interesting.

Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:28:15 GMT

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

Sun, 02 Feb 2003 18:44:35 GMT

Here's the email address for the The Wayne Stater. You can e-mail your stories directly to the Stater staff.

Sun, 02 Feb 2003 17:57:30 GMT

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.

Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:48:28 GMT

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.

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 05:40:11 GMT

Don't forget to check out the assignment schedule.

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 05:36:25 GMT

Here's the list of groups for the class.

Wed, 15 Jan 2003 03:04:55 GMT

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.

Sat, 11 Jan 2003 08:46:15 GMT

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.

Mon, 06 Jan 2003 09:08:58 GMT

Welcome to WSC's Writing for Mass Media site.

Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:19:20 GMT

College wrestling with deciding if they should contact parents of students caught with drugs or underage drinking. [FARK]

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:52:14 GMT

Warblogging by robots. Proving even hawkish robots can blog, too.

Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:15:09 GMT

"top 12 evil people" [Daypop Top 40]

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:33:54 GMT

Bush On Economy: 'Saddam Must Be Overthrown' [The Onion]

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:21:20 GMT

W. Somerset Maugham. "People ask for criticism, but they only want praise." [Quotes of the Day]

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 18:13:58 GMT

Bethania McKenstry. "I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts." [Quotes of the Day]

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:36:45 GMT

Teachers group says hardest part of job is teaching on Mondays when kids are still drunk from weekends of boozing [FARK]

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:33:27 GMT

Kurt Vonnegut. "Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae." [Quotes of the Day]

Sun, 08 Sep 2002 15:40:57 GMT

W. Somerset Maugham. "There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." [Quotes of the Day]

Wed, 04 Sep 2002 02:29:04 GMT

Who Will Bring Closure To A Grieving Nation? [The Onion]

Tue, 03 Sep 2002 13:40:28 GMT

William Gibson. "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." [Quotes of the Day]

Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:45:19 GMT

H. Mumford Jones. "Ours is the age that is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to." [Quotes of the Day]

Press Releases

Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:48:45 GMT

Here's one man's press release examples you can look at to get ideas on format and style for your self press release.

Mon, 26 Aug 2002 02:39:39 GMT

Here's the syllabus for Writing for Mass Media. The link is also on the side.

Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:44:08 GMT

And finally, the Speech site.

Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:33:35 GMT

And now the Writing for Mass Media site.

Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:29:38 GMT

I've changed the K-92 Underground site, it's also here.

Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:05:49 GMT

"10 Tips on Writing the Living Web" [Daypop Top 40]