1. JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO
PROFESSOR MICHAEL RIZZO
DIRECTOR, JOURNALISM PROGRAM
DIVISION OF MASS COMMUNICATION
COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
AUGUST 24, 2020
5. OUR JOU 2312 FALL 2020 COURSE
IS COMPLETELY ONLINE.
WE WILL MEET IN MANY CLASS
SESSIONS ON WEBEX BECAUSE
BROADCAST JOURNALISM
IS A VISUAL AND VERBAL
CONNECTION SO THIS IS
PRACTICE FOR GOOD PRESENCE
THAT AN AUDIENCE WILL SEE
AND HEAR.
6. BUT WE WILL OCCASIONALLY GO
ASYNCHRONOUS MEANING YOU
REVIEW CONTENT AND
COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS
WHEN YOU WANT TO AS LONG
AS YOU MEET THE DEADLINES
AND INSTRUCTIONS SET FOR
EACH ACTION.
7. STUDENT SURVEY
GO TO ASSIGNMENTS IN
BLACKBOARD FOR OUR COURSE
AND COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
SAVE IT TO YOUR OWN FILES AND
THEN UPLOAD IT AS A PDF
DOCUMENT ONLY.
13. BROADCAST JOURNALISM:
TELLS THE STORY LIKE YOU ARE
FACE-TO-FACE OR PERSON-TO-
PERSON (YOU ACTUALLY ARE)
WITH YOUR AUDIENCE AND
YOU ARE CONVERSING WITH
THEM
23. ASSIGNMENT FOR THURSDAY
AUGUST 27, 2020
LATER TODAY, SEE THE DISCUSSION
BOARD QUESTION POSTED ON
BLACKBOARD. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS AND DEADLINE TO POST
TO THE DISCUSSION BOARD.
24. ASSIGNMENT FOR THURSDAY
AUGUST 27, 2020
READ CHAPTER 1 IN THE TEXT:
PAGE 7 (FROM “CHANGES IN ONLINE
NEWS”) TO THE MIDDLE OF PAGE 9
AND
CHAPTER 11: BROADCAST WRITING
PAGES 206-214
BE PREPARED TO APPLY THE KEY CONCEPTS
FROM THOSE PAGES.