Radio writing and Headlines for the week

Hi all,

So we are back on filing headlines, links and sidebar pitches for this week.

Make sure to get them in by the 5 p.m. on Thursday and we will go over them on Friday. Also for Friday review your notes from Monday and Wednesday and make sure you have read the chapters from the book.

Cheers,
Lee

For the Photo Peeps

Hi there,

So I saw this interesting story in the Post about how different images of the Japan disaster are affecting the media's coverage and people's reaction to the events. I thought it would be interesting to you all and to the photo-j folks in particular.

Post story

See you Friday and remember there is no news assignment/editor stuff this week. We will start it up again next week.

Cheers,
Lee

Audacity Intro

Hi folks,

For Wednesday, I want you to look over this how-to guide for Audacity. I will be going over the program in class, but this guide can help you get your heads around the basics. You can ignore the installation stuff and really just focus on the next steps.

See you then.

Belated News Post

Sorry for this being way late and, in particular, I apologize to this week's news editors... But I am going to cut and paste the headlines I received and the comments to the older post into this post to make your jobs a bit easier.

Carli:

NTERNATIONAL:

Zawiya succumbed to Libyan government

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/10/libya.civil.war/index.html?hpt=Sbin

NATIONAL:

Union bargaining rights stripped by Wis. bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41996994/ns/politics-more_politics/

LOCAL:

Arrests made to mega-load protestors 

http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_7a3a6fa0-4ad7-11e0-ba39-001cc4c002e0.html

Sidebar:

This is really the obvious choice for the story but I would talk to the people who protested, especially the ones who were arrested. I mean they literally tried to stand in the way of mega-load trucks. Why's it so important to them and what the heck were they planning to do if know was going to force them out of the way?

Ashley

International- Qaddafi's Supporters Repossess Crucial Town in Libya

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html

National- Murderer of 5 year old To Be Prematurely Set Free Causes Outrage

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/us/10release.html?ref=us

Localization- Look into MT state laws on murder sentences being shortened due to work and good behavior. See if there has been a similar case in MT. If so, talk to the family of the victim and the family of the murderer if possible. Also talk to MT citizens and see how they feel about our MT laws on early release.

Local- Protestor arrested as big rigs plow through Missoula

Abby

Local: Supreme Court rules appeal for Missoula women fighting against hysterectomy.

 http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_fc792c26-47ae-11e0-9587-001cc4c03286.html.

National:

Controversial Congressional Panel set for hearings on American-Muslim radicalization.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/10/radicalization.hearings/index.html.

International: France becomes first country in EU to recognize Libya’s rebel leadership.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/world/europe/11france.html?ref=world.

I would do a local story on local montana politics and whether or not religious radicalization is an issue locally. I would interview professor Khia (Arabic and middle eastern studies) and ask what his viewpoint of local radicalization is.

Feature Stories and such...

So I want to outline what you will be doing for this feature assignment for class.

The Pitch: Due Tuesday by 5pm via email to me. It should be about two or three sentences long and should tell me what your story is, how you are planning on doing it and what makes it interesting. We will go over them during class on Wednesday.

The story: I am extending the dealing until Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in class. We will have a guest speaker -- the executive editor of The Washington Post -- on Friday, but I hope to get you a rough edit/series of suggestions for your rewrite.

Stories will be approximately 1,000 words, but no longer than 1,200. At least three interviews.

Audio excerpt: You will record at least one of your primary interviews for your story. The following Tuesday, March 22, you will turn in a 1- or 2-minute extended audio clip from your interview.

If you want to read the full story I started today in class, you can check it out here.

See you all Monday.

The Week that Is...

I know one of you has to head out of town right after class, so I wanted to let you post headlines for this week a little early. Feel free to post them in the comments to this rather lame note.

Cheers,

Lee

Event Coverage

Stories are due 24 hours after your event ends. They should include quotes from the speech and reaction from attendees. Focus on what the speech is about – is there news in there? Don’t do a book report about what they said, focus on the MOST important thing they said.

Conservation and Climate Change Lecture

Date:                         Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Time:                        7:00-8:00 p.m.

Location:            GBB 106

More info:            http://events.umt.edu/?&y=2011&m=03&d=01&eventdatetime_id=4717&

Who’s Covering:             Austin S. (but which one?)

                                    John S.

                                    Amanda B.

                                    Kyle S.

Navigating Real-life Ethical Dilemmas in Business

Date:                         Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Time:                         12:10 – 1:00 p.m.

Location:            GBB 108

More info:             http://www.umt.edu/ethics/

Who’s Covering:             Mike P.

                                    Michelle B.

                                    Alexa B.
                                    Ashley O.

Native American Speech: Lessons of Our Land

Date:                         Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Time:                         4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Location:            Payne Family Native American Center Room 105

More info:             http://events.umt.edu/?&y=2011&m=03&d=01&eventdatetime_id=4717&

Who’s Covering:             Amy S.

                                    Meghan N.

                                    Lilian L.

                                    Carli K.

                                    Abby R.