Student blogs updated

I updated the student blog list. Make sure to follow all of your peers!

Extra Credit Assignment 2

Due Wednesday. Correct these sentences. There may be more than one thing wrong in each sentence.

Grammatically wrong
1. Defeated in the house, the Senate now gets to debate the bill.

Stylistically wrong
2. The 19-year-old boy got a ticket for jay-walking at 9 p.m. last night.

See if you can catch what's wrong.
3. Meredith ran away from home, she was so angry that night.


These should be easy:

4. Yes Brittney I can figure this one out.

5. Holding there flags high the veterans marched through town.

6. The students said they would "skip class" if Britney made them do more exercises that had to do with grammar punctuation spelling or style.

7. I think most students in this class are apart of the class of 09.

8. "I wonder if this is how you punctuate this quote?" Brittney said.

OK, now that's enough torture. Answer this question for a bonus point:
9. Why is it important for journalists to get these things right?

Student blogs (Updated)

Make sure to follow the blogs of your classmates! If you make thoughtful comments on your peers' blogs, you can receive even more extra credit.

Suzy Allen - http://suzblog-suzy.blogspot.com/
Kelsey Caetano-Anolles - http://jour200.blogspot.com/
Rachel Caulfield - http://rachelcjourn200.blogspot.com/
Sarah Dexter - http://onewritersnote.blogspot.com/
Erica Dyer - http://ericadblog1.blogspot.com/
Nate Erwin - http://www.nateerwin.blogspot.com/
Zack Harrell - http://journalism200extracredit.blogspot.com/
Jeff Horwitz - http://witzwiththat.blogspot.com/
Marty Malone - martyreports.blogspot.com
Isabel Morales - http://extracredit1.blogspot.com/
Lily Nicholson - http://lilynicholson.blogspot.com/
Andrew Sanders – http://jour200blogsabs.blogspot.com/
Sarah Scott - http://jour200sas.blogspot.com/
Neil Vohra - http://neilvohra.blogspot.com/
Iris Zhang - http://zhangsblog22.blogspot.com/

J 200 Extra Credit Assignment 1

Due Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 10 p.m.:

Please answer the following questions after attending lecture and reading book material (Chapter 2 may be especially helpful):

1.What are the steps involved in writing a story? Envision yourself doing these steps.
2. What could be particularly challenging?
3. What resources might you use to overcome these challenges.

Welcome!

Welcome to Introduction to Journalism! I hope you will take advantage of this Extra Credit opportunity. Participating will not only help your grade but will help in the writing process. It may also give you a feel for something you might want to do some day... maintain a news blog!