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• CMC 220 Capstone Discussion Question

• CMC 220 Final Project News Content and Delivery

• Capstone Discussion Question
• Due Date Day 3 Main forum
• Post your response to the following What
  difficulties do you think news consumers
  encounter when they attempt to distinguish
  between objective news and editorial opinion?
  Consider such sources as blogging and advocacy
  Web sites and use specific examples of news
  information in your answer.

• Final Project News Content and Delivery
• Resource Appendix A
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Read or watch all of these news media on two
  separate days
• CBS
• NBC
• ABC

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• CMC 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Right to the Facts vs.
  Civic

• CMC 220 Week 1 DQs PART 1 OF 2

• CheckPoint Right to the Facts vs. Civic
  Journalism
• Resources Ch. 1 2 of Journalism Who, What,
  When, Where, Why and How
• Due Date Day 5 post to the Individual forum
• Discuss, in 250 to 300 words, the distinction in
  a democratic society between the publics right
  to the facts and agenda-oriented civic journalism

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 post to the Main forum
• Post your response to the following When what
  the public is interested in is not the same as
  what may be important information, what
  guidelines do you think a journalist should
  follow in reporting an issue?

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• CMC 220 Week 1 DQs PART 2 OF 2

• CMC 220 Week 1 DQs PART 1 OF 2

• CheckPoint Right to the Facts vs. Civic
  Journalism
• Resources Ch. 1 2 of Journalism Who, What,
  When, Where, Why and How
• Due Date Day 5 post to the Individual forum
• Discuss, in 250 to 300 words, the distinction in
  a democratic society between the publics right
  to the facts and agenda-oriented civic journalism

• Discussion Question 2
• Due Date Day 4 post to the Main forum
• Post your response to the following After
  accuracy, what do you believe are the most
  important standards for reporters to follow? Give
  specific examples of what to do and not do.

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• CMC 220 Week 2 Assignment News Content and
  Delivery

• CMC 220 Week 2 CheckPoint The Future of Print
  Media

• Assignment News Content and Delivery Changes
• Resources Ch. 4, 5, 6 of Journalism Who,
  What, When, Where, Why and How
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Describe, in 750 to 1,050 words, how each new
  medium affected news content and delivery

• CheckPoint The Future of Print Media
• Resources Ch. 4 5 of Journalism Who, What,
  When, Where, Why and How
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Explain, in 250 to 300 words, how you see the
  future of printed newspapers and magazines
  developing in the face of news availability

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• CMC 220 Week 3 CheckPoint Objective

• CMC 220 Week 3 DQs PART 1 OF 2

• CheckPoint Objective and Interpretive News
• Resources Ch. 9 10 of Journalism Who, What,
  When, Where, Why and How
• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• Invent a news event and submit it in two styles
  fit for newspaper publication
• Objective narrative inverted pyramid (See p.
  172-174 of the text.)

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following Describe
  major characteristics that distinguish writing
  news items for print, broadcasting, and the
  Internet.
• Consider responding to your classmates by
  discussing which of these differences you think
  are rigid guidelines for a reporter and which may
  be applied more flexibly.

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• CMC 220 Week 3 DQs PART 2 OF 2

• CMC 220 Week 4 Assignment Editing an Article

• Discussion Question 2
• Due Date Day 4 Main forum
• Post your response to the following To show the
  importance of accurately attributing information
  to sources, provide two or three examples of what
  can happen when news is not accurately attributed.

• Assignment Editing an Article
• Resources Ch. 12 13 of Journalism Who, What,
  When, Where, Why and How and Appendix C
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Edit the article in Appendix C according to the
  guidelines listed.

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• CMC 220 Week 4 CheckPoint Influence of Editorial
  Work

• CMC 220 Week 4 Exercise Collaborative Editing

• CheckPoint Influence of Editorial Work
• Resources Ch. 12 13 of Journalism Who, What,
  When, Where, Why and How
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Describe, in 250 to 300 words, how an editors
  work can influence a readers perception of
  articles or the publication in which they appear.

• Exercise Collaborative Editing
• This exercise is designed to help you with the
  assignment later this week. You will collaborate
  in specific threads designated by your instructor
  to get information and ideas before you conduct
  your individual editing work.

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• CMC 220 Week 5 DQs PART 1 of 2

• CMC 220 Week 5 DQs PART 2 of 2

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following A photograph
  that is not touched up may be thought to
  objectively capture something that has
  occurredright or wrong, what happened, happened.
  Do you think a photograph alone is necessarily
  neutral, or does it personally connect

• Discussion Question 2
• Due Date Day 4 Main forum
• Post your response to the following The Ch. 16
  section titled Ethics and Taste on pp. 296-297
  describes four examples of photographs that could
  be deemed sensational. Select one example and
  invent conditions under which you would set aside
  the usual standard to avoid

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• CMC 220 Week 6 CheckPoint News Web Design

• CMC 220 Week 7 CheckPoint Broadcasting

• CheckPoint News Web Design
• Resource Ch. 17 of Journalism Who, What, When,
  Where, Why and How
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum

• CheckPoint Broadcasting
• Resources Ch. 18 19 of Journalism Who, What,
  When, Where, Why and How and Appendixes G, H, I
• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• Review Appendix G about the closed circle of a
  broadcast.
• Use what you believe are the best ideas from both
  of this weeks discussion questions.