Cerritos College Journalism
  Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000 by Rich Cameron
  Last updated January 30, 2001

Lectures  

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NEWSWRITING STUDENTS: These lectures are aimed at the students in the online version of this class, but may be of value to the traditional day students, as well. Watch the online class timeline page for this class for when lecture assignments are given. Registered online students will be notified by e-mail when to read a particular lecture.
Welcome
      Distance ed and textbooks

Submitting Assignments
      How to prepare them for e-mail

AP Style
      Consistency in usage

Inverted Pyramid
      Story organization

Writing the Story
      An example of the thought process

Localizing the Story
      Bringing the story home

S.T.O.P. LEADS
      Writing upcoming event stories

Interviewing
      Steps to gathering info face to face

Other sources of information
      Gathering info online and elsewhere

Libel
      Libel and other legal issues

Multi-Element Leads
      When more than one thing
      is happening
Grading
       Types of assignments and grading

Copyediting
       How to mark corrections on paper

What is News?
      How do we define it?

Introduction to Leads
      Starting your story is toughest part

Blind and Delayed ID Leads
      Tips for keeping leads short

Handling Lists
      A guide for punctuating them

Attribution
      How to say who said it

Interviewing by Phone
      Tips for communicating on phone

On and Off the Record
      What information can you use?

Obituaries
      Memories of the dead

City Council
      Writing a story from this simulation

Journalism Department -- Newswriting -- Mass Media -- Newspaper

For more information contact instructor Rich Cameron at rCameron@cerritos.edu.