Updated Fall 2020 JOU 1000 August 24, 2020 Class Presentation with proper text pages reading assignment information

1. JOU 1000
Introduction to
Journalism
Professor Michael Rizzo
Director, Journalism Program
Division of Mass Communication
College of Professional Studies
August 24, 2020

2. JOU 1000
Introduction to
Journalism
Today
Introduction
Course Outline
Survey for you to complete
What makes news?

3. See the UPDATED course
outline on BlackBoard.
My Tuesday office availability
time has changed. If you
want to connect during any of
my office hours, use TimeTrade
to make an appointment or
e-mail me.

4. Post any questions you have
about the course outline
on the discussion thread set
up for this.
Note: everyone will be able
to see your questions so they
can see my answers too.

5. Our course materials are all
in BlackBoard.
You can access BlackBoard through
MySJU.

7. If you have BlackBoard questions.
email me.

8. Textbook
Third Edition

9. Student Survey
Complete the survey posted in
BlackBoard under Assignments.
Save it in your own files and then
submit it as a PDF document ONLY.
You will not be graded for the survey
but you will get a 0 grade if you don’t
complete it, submit it and/or put
your name and the date on it as
directed.

10. Our JOU 1000 fall 2020 course
will be mostly 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.

11. But we will occasionally meet in
video conferenced sessions via
WebEx to engage with each other
in virtual face-to-face and real
time interactions on course
content.
You don’t need a WebEx account
(it’s free to all St. John’s students).
I’ll email you to join and you join
the session that way.

12. About me

14. What “counts” for news in
2020?

15. This will be our go-to news
website for the semester.
Read it daily to be informed!
Analyze which stories reflect or
fail at good journalism!
Be prepared to cite and discuss
them in discussion boards.

16. Where do news consumers
get their news?

17. But that has consequences.
Source: Survey of U.S. adults
Conducted 10/29-11/11/2019
Pew Research Center

18. News consumers will ask
several questions to decide
if they can trust the reporting
in a story. I’m going to mention
just a few.
Ask these questions about your
own stories – audiences will
judge you a bad journalist if the
answers are not the right ones.

19. What are the sources?
What is the reporter telling the
in the story so the information
can be trusted?
Does the reporter follow good
journalism standards?
Is the story reported in an
engaging way?

20. What makes news?
• Stories with impact
• Stories about conflict
• Stories that are timely
• Stories that are local
• Stories about something
unique
• Stories about celebrities
• Stories for usefulness
• Human interest stories

21. • impact
• conflict
• timeliness
• proximity
• unique
• celebrity
• usefulness
• human
interest
Hurricane Sandy 2012

22. impact

23. conflict

24. proximity

25. unique

26. celebrity Adam Levine showed off his charitable side as he
tries to raise awareness for the Red Cross.
(www.dailymail.com)

27. usefulness

28. human interest

29. Assignment for Thursday
August 27, 2020
See the discussion board question
posted on BlackBoard that will be
available at 7:30 a.m. ET on
August 24, 2020 (this is separate
from the course outline thread).
Follow the instructions and
deadline to post all discussion
boards.

30. Assignment for Thursday Aug. 27, 2020
Read pages 9-10 of the Introduction
part of the textbook (beginning with
the paragraph that starts with "For all the
changes," through the middle of page 10
including the paragraph that ends with
“more vital than ever” AND Chapter 1 of
the textbook from page 13 to the middle of
page 29 including the paragraph that ends
with “different from advocacy.”
Also make sure you are reading stories on the
USA Today news website.

31. Assignment for Thursday Aug. 27, 2020
Finally, look for my announcement
about our next class session which
may be a WebEx video conference
class session.

32. Stay well
and
stay safe