Cerritos College Journalism -- Newswriting -- Timeline

Online Class Timeline
Last Updated January 29, 2001

NOTE: THIS TIMELINE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR SPRING 2001 YET,
BUT YOU CAN GET AN IDEA FROM IT WHAT YOUR WORKLOAD WILL BE LIKE.

Online students will receive twice-weekly e-mail messages from the instructor with their actual assignments. Generally, they will have a three-day window in which to complete assignments. When the e-mailed assignments differ from this timeline assume that the e-mailed assignment is accurate. Every effort will be made, however, to keep this timeline up to date. This timeline DOES NOT match day-for-day the traditional class schedule, which is an 18-week schedule.

Do not work ahead. The schedule likely will change to meet class needs.

Reading Assignments -- Spelling Assignments -- Lecture Assignments

	Assigned Sunday/Due Wednesday	Assigned Wednesday/Due Saturday
Wk 01	Assigned Jan. 31/Due Feb. 2 L - Welcome L - Grades L - Assignments X - Biography	Assigned Feb. 2/Due Feb. 5 L - Copyediting W - 1.1 - Copyedit (fax)* W - 1.2 - Copyedit (fax)*
Wk 02	Assigned Feb. 6/Due Feb. 9 R - Chapter 4 - AP Style W - 1.3 - Copyedit (fax)* W - 1.4 - Copyedit (fax)* Sp - Spelling Chapter One (Due Sat)	Assigned Feb. 9/Due Feb. 12 L - AP Stylebook W - 1.5 - Copyedit (fax)* W - 1.6 Copyedit (fax)* W - 3.1 - AP Style* W - 3.2 - AP Style*

Wk 03

Assigned Feb. 13/Due Feb. 16

L - What is News?
W - 3.3 - AP Style*
W - 3.4 - AP Style*
Sp - Spelling Chapter Two (Due Sat)

Assigned Feb. 16/Feb. 19

L - Inverted Pyramid
W - 3.5 - AP Style*
W - 3.6 - AP Style*
R - Chapter 1 - News and Industry

Wk 04

Assigned Feb. 20/Due Feb. 23

L - Leads
W - 2.6 - Summer Grant
W - 3.7 - AP Style*
Sp - Spelling Chapter Three (Due Sat)

Assigned Feb. 23/Due Feb. 26

L - Writing the Story
R - Chapter 3 - Writing the Lead

Instructor at conference

Wk 05

Assigned Feb. 27/Due Mar. 1

R - Chapter 5 - Writing the Story
Sp - Spelling Chapter Four (Due Saturday)

Assigned Mar. 1/Due Mar. 4

L - Delayed ID and Blind Leads
W - 2.13 (delayed ID)
W - 4.7 (blind)

Wk 06

Assigned Mar. 5/Due Mar. 8

L - Localizing
W - 4.1 - grant (localize)
W - 4-11 (delayed ID)
W - 4.25 (AP Style)
Sp - Spelling Chapter Five (Due Saturday)

Assigned Mar. 8/Due Mar. 11

L - Lists
W - 5-2 -- Credits (lists)
W - 4-8 -- Vogel (local)
W - 5.32 --AP Style

Wk 07

Assigned Mar. 12/Due Mar. 15

L - S.T.O.P. Leads
R - Chapter 7 -Writng the Story II
W - 5.9 -- Hooper (STOP)
W - 5.23 -- Eagles (lists)
Sp - Spelling Chapter Six (Due Saturday)

Assigned Mar. 15/Due Mar. 18

L - ATTRIBUTION
W - 6.2 (Type quotes)
W - 6.3 (Type quotes)
R - Chapter 9- Quotes

Wk 08

Assigned Mar. 19/Due Mar. 22

W - 6-5 (Use quotes)
W 5-14 (Localize)
W 5-21 ((Use S.T.O.P)
Sp - Spelling Chapter Seven (Due Saturday)

Assigned Mar. 22/Mar. 25

L - Interviewing
W - Exercise 6-5
W - Exercise 6-12
W - Exercise 6-24

Wk 09

Assigned Mar. 26/Mar. 29

L - Phone Interviews
W - Read Chapter 8
TBA
Sp - Spelling Chapter Eight (Due Saturday)

Assigned Mar. 29/Due Apr. 1

L - Other Sources
TBA
Tent - Web information search
TBA

Wk 10

Assigned Apr. 2/Apr. 5

L - On/Off the Record
X - FIRE! (Due Apr. 15)
TBA
Sp - Spelling Chapter Nine (Due Saturday)

Assigned Apr. 5/Due Apr. 8

L - Legal Issues
TBA
TBA
TBA

Wk 11

Assigned Apr 9/Due Apr. 12

L - Multi-element Leads
L - Fire
X - FIRE! (Due Saturday)
Sp - Spelling Chapter Ten (Due Saturday)

Assigned Apr. 12/Due Apr. 15

L - Obituaries
TBA
FIRE ASSIGNMENT DUE

Wk 12

Assigned Apr. 16/Due Apr. 19

SPRING BREAK -- No Assignments

Assigned Apr. 19/Due Apr. 22

SPRING BREAK -- No Assignments

Wk 13

Assigned Apr. 23/Due Apr. 26

L - City Council
TBA
X - CITY COUNCIL
Sp - Spelling Chapter Eleven (Due Saturday)

Assigned Apr. 26/Due Apr. 29

TBA
TBA
TBA

Wk 14

Assigned Apr. 30/Due May 3

L - City Council Lead
Sp - Spelling Chapter Twleve (Due Saturday)

Assigned May 3/Due May 6

TBA
TBA

Wk 15

Assigned May 7/Due May 10

CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENT DUE

Assigned May 10/May 13

FINALS WEEK

Reading Assignments -- Spelling Assignments -- Lecture Assignments