CMC 220 Capstone Discussion

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Capstone Discussion Question

Due Date: Day 3 [Main] forum
Post your response to the following: What difficulties do you think
news consumers encounter when they attempt to distinguish between
objective news and editorial opinion?

 CMC 220 Final Project News Content and

Delivery

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Read or watch all of these news media on two separate days:

CBS
NBC
ABC
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal

 CMC 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Right to

the Facts vs. Civic Journalism

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CheckPoint: Right to the Facts vs. Civic Journalism

Resources: Ch. 1 & 2 of Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum]

 CMC 220 Week 1 DQs PART 1 OF 2

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Discussion Question 1
Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum]
Post your response to the following: When what the public is interested in is not the
same as what may be important information, what guidelines do you think a journalist
should follow in reporting an issue?

 CMC 220 Week 1 DQs PART 2 OF 2

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Discussion Question 2
Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Main forum]
Post your response to the following: After accuracy, what do you believe are the most
important standards for reporters to follow? Give specific examples of what to do and
not do

 CMC 220 Week 2 Assignment News

Content and Delivery Changes

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Assignment: News Content and Delivery Changes

Resources: Ch. 4, 5, & 6 of Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum

 CMC 220 Week 2 CheckPoint The Future

of Print Media

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CheckPoint: The Future of Print Media

Resources: Ch. 4 & 5 of Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum

 CMC 220 Week 3 CheckPoint Objective

and Interpretive News

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CheckPoint: Objective and Interpretive News

Resources: Ch. 9 & 10 of Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum

 CMC 220 Week 3 DQs PART 1 OF 2

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Discussion Question 1
Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum
Post your response to the following: Describe major characteristics that distinguish
writing news items for print, broadcasting, and the Internet.

 CMC 220 Week 3 DQs PART 2 OF 2

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Discussion Question 2
Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum
Post your response to the following: To show the importance of accurately attributing
information to sources, provide two or three examples of what can happen when
news is not accurately attributed

 CMC 220 Week 4 Assignment Editing an

Article

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Assignment: Editing an Article

Resources: Ch. 12 & 13 of Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and
Appendix C
Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
Edit the article in Appendix C according to the guidelines listed.

 CMC 220 Week 4 CheckPoint Influence

of Editorial Work

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CheckPoint: Influence of Editorial Work

Resources: Ch. 12 & 13 of Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum

 CMC 220 Week 4 Exercise Collaborative

Editing

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Exercise: Collaborative Editing

This exercise is designed to help you with the assignment later this week. You will
collaborate in specific threads designated by your instructor to get information and
ideas before you conduct your individual editing work.
Resources: Ch. 12 & 13 of Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and
Appendix C
Due Date: Day 5 [Main] forum

 CMC 220 Week 5 DQs PART 1 of 2

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Discussion Question 1
Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum
Post your response to the following: A photograph that is not touched up may be
thought to objectively capture something that has occurredright or wrong

 CMC 220 Week 5 DQs PART 2 of 2

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Discussion Question 2
Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum
Post your response to the following: The Ch. 16 section titled Ethics and Taste on pp.
296-297 describes four examples of photographs that could be deemed sensational.

 CMC 220 Week 6 CheckPoint News Web

Design

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Envision yourself as the editor of a news Web site and describe in detail, using 200 to
250 words, how you would design the page display so that it incorporates the
following principles:
Readability
Simplicity
Consistency

 CMC 220 Week 7 CheckPoint

Broadcasting

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CheckPoint: Broadcasting
Resources: Ch. 18 & 19 of Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and
Appendixes G, H, & I
Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum
Review Appendix G about the closed circle of a broadcast.

 CMC 220 Week 7 DQs PART 1 of 2

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Discussion Question 1
Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum
Post your response to the following: What features have you noticed that you like and
dislike in the narration of news? How do those features affect how you interpret the
news you are hearing?

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Discussion Question 2
Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum
Read Appendix G about the closed circle of a broadcast.
Post your response to the following: Convert the following news item

 CMC 220 Week 8 Assignment Effect of

Technological Advances

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nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including:

Making paper
Typesetting and presses
Photography
Telegraph

 CMC 220 Week 8 CheckPoint Role of the

Press

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CheckPoint: Role of the Press

Resources: Ch. 21, 22, & 23 of Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum
Watch or read one news medium from each category below:
CNN or Fox News Channel
CBS, ABC, or NBC