Paper #3 due Wednesday

Please paste your papers and links to the sites you looked at here.
For your presentations, be prepared to talk knowledgeably about the sites you looked at for 3-5 minutes. Be sure to be able to demonstrate some of the innovative reporting/presentation that you highlighted in your papers.
For those that need a refresher on [...]

grade questions

A number of you came up to me after class and asked what your current grade in the class was. I am happy to share that with you if you drop me an e-mail.
However, one thing to consider: you just turned in a paper today, there is still one more to come, plus the [...]

lecture links 10-22-08

John Daley stories we will look at today:
Document alleges attempted bribery of one legislator by another Sept. 30
Ethics complaints filed following accusations of bribery on Capitol Hill Oct. 1
Tempers flared with ethics allegations Oct. 2
Former political opponent accuses Hughes of making threats Oct. 16
Ethics committee dismisses charges, but issues strong rebuke Oct. 17
Also, from our [...]

$10,000 scholarship for college bloggers

You may want to look into this. Deadline is October 30.

sorry to say…

Midterm next week is CLOSED book & note. Study study study!

This American Life does it again

Following up on the radio piece you had to listen to last week, The Giant Pool of Money, this week This American Life brought the same reporting team together to talk about the latest economic crisis. It, once again, does a great job of bringing some pretty arcane economic concepts down to earth and is [...]

NEXT WEEK @ WBEZ

At 8:30 in the moring, be sure you are at Navy Pier so that we can promptly go to WBEZ, watch them finish their live broadcast of their show 848, and then get a tour and a talk from station staff.
We will meet exactly here:
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If you are late, you will miss [...]

Two Career Workshops @ Columbia!

Resume Writing
Thurs Sept 18th @ 4 pm
Do you have a resume? Would you feel confident sending it out for your dream job? Join the CAC Career Development Specialist to learn who should have a resume (you), when you should get started (now), and for tips on getting started and polishing up this representation of your [...]

two print pieces

For next class, you need to bring in two examples of good print (newspaper or magazine) journalism. Please be prepared to discuss why you think they’re outstanding examples of the form. Instead of bringing in a clip, you can also post a link to the story (again, a newspaper or a magazine story please). If [...]