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Identify relevant news and feature stories for a student specific newspaper, newsletter, radio program/podcast and website audience and learn basic newswriting and reporting conventions
Assessment Strategies
Attending The Clarion training sessions
Attending The Clarion staff meetings
Polling and interviewing students
Attending four meetings with the Practicum instructor
Engaging in Practicum bi-weekly discuss groups
Criteria
Examine the role of the student journalist in society
Identify the qualities of an important news story
Discover news story ideas
Create your news story ideas that are later developed into stories published in The Clarion
Discover the roles of student journalists and varied assignments and responsibilities
Define libel law and how and why it evolved
Consider the boundaries of libel law when engaged in news reporting for The Clarion
Define copyright law and how and why it evolved
Consider the boundaries of copyright law when engaged in news reporting for The Clarion
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Communicate news story ideas and impact of The Clarion to a group of peers
Assessment Strategies
Attending The Clarion staff meetings
Working with editor on the news story development including photo and video needs
Producing news content for The Clarion media (at least two stories or two broadcasts)
Using Associated Press style for journalism
Using primary and secondary research/sources
Fact checking and attention to media law and ethics
Using quotes and paraphrasing/sourcing appropriately
Giving at least one oral presentation about The Clarion organization to Madison College audiences during the semester
Criteria
Articulate your news story ideas to peers and superiors at The Clarion
Accept feedback on news story ideas
Attend Clarion staff meetings on a regular basis
Act in a professional manner during Clarion staff meetings
Articulate the role of a student media organization at a community college
Give oral presentations to small and large groups at Madison College
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Cultivate sources in the beginning stages of story research
Assessment Strategies
Learning the importance of the process of source cultivation to quality journalism
Locating key Madison College sources for stories
Developing news stories that are supported by key sources
Using primary and secondary sources
Integrating interviews in reporting
Criteria
Cultivate Madison College sources who trust you as a journalist
Develop good working relationships with Madison College sources
Consider diverse voices in storytelling
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Produce stories and visuals for The Clarion media
Assessment Strategies
Fact checking
Considering what is fair and balanced
Employing FOI and open records requests when necessary
Using technology tools for research including AI support for data review and presentation
Seeking out student voices
Conducting interviews
Exploring primary and secondary sources
Meeting deadlines
Writing with Associated Press style format for citing sources
Criteria
Identify key interviewees for news stories
Contact key interviewees for news stories within time limit
Relate the importance of good interviewing skills to the news reporting process
Implement good interviewing skills during the research stage of news reporting
Develop quality news and feature stories based on effective interviews and research
Write news stories published in The Clarion that consistently include key interviews
Conduct fact checking
Defend the importance of being “on location” during the news reporting process
Apply conventions of news writing structure, including the inverted pyramid format and the narration storytelling model
Develop news stories for The Clarion based on the inverted pyramid structure of news writing
Explain the role of “deadline writing” during the news writing process
Use good time management skills during the news writing process
Write news stories in a timely manner
Submit quality news and feature stories to Clarion editors before deadlines
Engage in effective copyediting during the news writing process of your own stories
Write news and feature stories that do not violate current media laws
Consider ethics and ethical situations during the news reporting process
Develop a journalistic practice of reporting news stories based on ethical procedures and situations