This document provides options and deadlines for students' 5th assignment in a media writing class. It outlines that students can cover a sports event by interviewing speakers or crowds, fact-checking, or reporting after the event. For their election-focused assignment, students can cover a campaign event, candidate's positions, election night results, or interview voters. The document also lists deadlines for the 5th, 3rd, 6th assignments and final story. It provides availability to meet with the instructor and gives feedback on students' interviewing skills.

1. Media Writing
@stevebuttry
Media Writing
October 27, 2016

2. Today’s presentations
• Nikki Johnson, Victoria Jones, Kaitlyn
LaMulle, Shaina Grace
• Next Thursday: Seth Nieman, Adrienne
Falgout

3. No class Tuesday, Nov. 1

4. An option for 5th assignment

5. Sports communication option
• You may not just write an event story, as
you did for Moment or Movement
• You could interview speaker(s)
• You could interview crowd
• You could curate social media
• You could fact-check speaker(s)
• You could do outside reporting after event

6. Election options
• Cover a campaign event live
• Story on a candidate’s position on an issue
or comparing candidates’ positions
• Cover a local candidate’s election-night
results (speech, party, returns, etc.)
• Interview voters Election Day
• Something else?

7. Election options
• Can function as reporter
• Can function as communication aide for
candidate
• Can function as PR specialist for interest
group

8. Deadlines
• 5th assignment, Nov. 10
• 3rd assignment (if not done yet), Nov. 17
• 6th assignment, Nov. 29
• Final story, Dec. 6, 10 a.m.
• For events, deadline is 24 hours later

9. Final features
• Can see me after class today
• Will be in my office Friday morning, late
afternoon
• I will email over weekend if we haven’t
talked

10. Interview feedback
You all did good jobs. A’s all around.
Some tips:
• Preparing questions is good. Minimize how
much you read them, though.
• Good reaction by several of you, either to my
answers to your questions or following on
other students’ questions.
• But you missed one thing I said twice