Outline
Date Topic
Jan-17-01 Introduction to Course
Jan-22-01 Defining, Framing and Finding News
Jan-24-01 The Local Beat
Jan-29-01 Research                                                   Beat Choices
Jan-31-01 Online Reporting
Feb-05-01 News Writing                                              Beat Memo
Feb-07-01 Story Structure
Feb-12-01 Spot Stories
Feb-14-01 Observing                                                   Story One
Feb-21-01 Sources
Feb-26-01 Attribution
Feb-28-01 Interviews                                                    Story Two
Mar-05-01 Reporting the Poll
Mar-07-01 Polling (con'd)
Mar-12-01 Poll Writing Exercise
Mar-14-01 News Features
Mar-26-01 News Features (Continued)
Mar-28-01 Analyzing Documents
Apr-02-01 Documents (cont'd)
Apr-04-01 Budgets                                                      Story Three
Apr-09-01 Computer Assisted Reporting
Apr-11-01 CAR (continued)                                          Story Four Synopsis
Apr-16-01 Covering Disasters
Apr-18-01 Cops and Courts
Apr-23-01 Cops and Courts (cont'd)
Apr-25-01 Journalism Values                                       Story Four
Apr-30-01 Journalism Ethics
May-02-01 Putting Ethics to the Test
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