PRE NEWS WRITING ACTIVITY

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Tomorrow, 23 November 2009, you will work on your PRE NEWS WRITING ACTIVITY. You need to download the material by clicking on the link and bring a hard copy to class.

On Tuesday, 24 November 2009, we will work on your PRE NEWS WRITING ACTIVITY. You will ask at least three of your classmates to edit your news article by observing the Manual of Style and Usage for Scholastic Journalism and the "15 Rules on Clear and Effective Journalistic Writings." Before the class will end, I will show you a sample fire news story based from the material that you will use tomorrow.

On Thursday, 26 November 2009, we will have a news writing workshop and critiquing. We will use your fire news stories.

I may not be able to attend my classes on Friday, 27 November 2009. Ang Kadluan and The Makati Science Vision will attend the Department of Education-National Capital Region Secondary Schools Press Conference in Saint Mary's College in Pasay City. Whatever the case, I will give you something to work on.

Before you attend my class tomorrow, make sure to visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U8Okb16okE and to watch the video posted by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. As much as you can, read the text comments and watch the video responses.

If you find an interesting video about news and news writing, send an e-mail to alex_escote@yahoo.com.

In addition, you must also read WHAT IS GOOD WRITING?. It will help you a lot.

Cheers!

REMINDERS NO. 2008-1

Please consider the following reminders for this week:

1. Comments on the INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM AND PRINT MEDIA and MY MEDIA AUTOBIOGRAPHY must be posted before our first meeting this week. Failure to do so means zero score or rating.

2. Your own media autobiographies must be posted before our last meeting this week. Failure to do so means zero score or rating.

3. Initial comments on other media autobiographies must be posted before our first meeting next week. You may continue posting your comments the week after next week.

4. Delete unnecessary spaces after your comments.

5. Your posts must include your given name, middle name, and family name in title case. Not doing so means deletion or rejection of your comments.

6. Capitalize the personal pronoun "I" and all beginning letters of your sentences.

7. Capitalize proper nouns: Ilocano, Filipino, Philippines, among others; and proper adjectives formed or derived from proper nouns: Ilocano dramatist, Filipino labor movement, Philippine folklore, among others. Do not capitalize proper nouns that have acquired common meanings: french fries, manila paper, venetian blinds, among others. Do not capitalize prefixes, such as un-, pro-, anti-, among others, when they are attached to proper nouns or proper adjectives: un-Japanese, pro-American, anti-Spanish, except only when they begin a sentence, among others.

8. All punctuation marks must be followed by a space.

9. Write journalism, not Journalism; but Journalism and Print Media.