Session | Session Focus | Reading Assignment | Other Assignment | Meeting Place/Exam Dates |
Week one | Introduction, development of story ideas | A chapter from the textbook and a magazine article | First written assignment | |
Week Two | Discussion of first assignment, focus on research and interview techniques | Textbook and two magazine/newspaper articles | | |
Week Three | Developing ideas for second short piece, focus on voice and style. | Textbook and magazine/newspaper articles | | |
Week Four | Discussion/editing of second piece. | Textbook and magazine/newspaper feature articles | | |
Week Five | In class lab with editor/writer
Developing idea for third short piece | Textbook and magazine/newspaper articles | | |
Week Six | Discussion/editing third short piece
Genre development: how to develop political/social stories | Magazine and newspaper articles | | |
Week Seven | Genre development: profile writing | Magazine/newspaper articles | Develop ideas for major feature piece | |
Week Eight | genre development: travel writing | magazine/newspaper articles | Develop story idea and research long feature article | |
Week NIne | Genre development: light hearted, humorous features. | Magazine/articles | Long feature | |
Week Ten | In class lab with editor/writer
| Magazine/newspaper articles | hand in first draft of long feature | |
Week Eleven | Rewriting and editing | Magazine/newspaper articles | | |
Week Twelve | Rewriting and editing | Magazine/newspaper articles | | |
Week Thirteen | How to pitch and sell your story | Magazine/newspaper articles | Hand in final version of long feature | |
Week Fourteen | Late submissions and critical readings of students' feature stories. | | | |