Tuesday, July 17, 2012:  Class today is role-playing!  We must create a news story, so we can get the Wooten J. School students experience at coverage and (wo)man on the street interviews. Today we will have a mock news incident, a mock protest, a mock police action, and a mock press conference.  We will have some students actually film it all and then edit it all together.

3:30:  Review Paragraphs written during last session

3:50: Role Play #1: Mock Police action

4:00: Mock Press Conference

4:15 Mock Anchor to go on the air at 4:25

Needed:

Film Crew

Policeman

Police Chief

Robber

Eye Witness

Reporter

Producer

We are so excited about the enthusiasm of our cub reporters!  They have been out interviewing everyone.  Today we practice "THE DIFFICULT INTERVIEW."  Lena Cole Dennis and I will demonstrate techniques you can use when you have a subject that gives you one word answers or are totally nervous or unwilling.

Also our 8 year-old Marissa interviewed our executive director Naomi Bradley. We will post that shortly.

Class 2 July 5, 2012, Wooten J School (Thursday)

Class 2: July 5, 2012

Wooten J School

3:30

• Review News clippings

• Review our story tellers, need for: 

• The lead

• Review pics from last time

NEXT CLASS: Come Camera Ready for Head shots

3:50 How to interview/How to be interviewed: 

• Divide into 2 groups with two strong story tellers in each
  Practice interviewing about stories or the 4th of July
  Practice picture taking

• Lena's Group will be the subjects and will learn poise and presentation what to say, what not to say

• Isidra's group will be the reporters
    
  
  

4:15  Conduct INTERVIEWS

 This is practice for next Thursday when we interview Wooten students and/ or staff for the newscast and "E" and print newsletters.

Items to bring:

• Bring current newspaper (Lena)
  Microphones
  Tripod
  Cameras ( charge)
  Brush/Makeup

Each crew: 

Producer

Reporter

Photographer 

Writer (takes notes)

Anchor

(some will have to double)

Discuss tone of story)

Vocabulary Words for Journalism:
http://quizlet.com/2629532/journalism-terms-flash-cards/

• Journalism 
• Print
• Logo
• Masthead
• Pictures
• Stories

Reporters

Online:

Links

Video 

Sharpening our Speech:

• "Ask"
•  Enunciate!
  
  
  • I seen, I had went 
  • Pronounce "Ings" and "th"
  Why should we be concerned?

Jobs:

• Make up artist
• Hair
• Writer
• Photographer
• Videographer 
• Editor
• Assignment editor
• Desk (on camera)
• Field reporter
• Producer
• Printer 
• Distributor
• Graphic Designer (logo/Masthead, color scheme, clip art)

Links:
Teens in the News: African Amerian Gymnast Competes for US Olympic Team: Gabby Douglass
Example of news reporting which could be better: http://espn.go.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/8121407/2012-olympic-games-gabby-douglas-clinches-gymnastics-spot

Class 1 The Media and You: Jul 3, 2012

Journalism: The Media and You

Instructor Bios

Lena Cole Dennis is fluent in the Non-communication of Teenagers.  The owner of Cole Dennis and Associates, she is an involved community supporter, who sits on various boards, including the Wooten Center and ARC Mid-Cities. She is a Coro Fellow and uses her training in journalism and domestic violence to bolster these organizations. Lena also wrote for several local and national newspapers, once serving as assistant to Brad "Switch Reels" Pye, Jr., award winning sports reporter

Isidra Person-Lynn has taught middle school, high school and college students about the joys of journalism.  A multimedia specialist, she instructs students how to incorporate their English and other course skills into journalism: print, radio,TV and the Internet including new media. Each Sunday she hosts an internet radio program, Sunday Morning-Live. For more information visit www.isidrapersonlynn.com.

 

Class Schedule

Week 1 INTRO- What is Journalism?

7/3 Writing Assessment.  The in-class assignment will be to write three paragraphs reporting on a recent event   

7/5 Review papers. Practice interviewing skills—sit down interviews to red-carpet.

We need students to portray news reporters and Red Carpet Celebrities

Week 2

7/10Assign students Role in video, newsletter (print) and e-newsletter

7/12 Begin research. Internet treasure hunt -  Explanation of credible resources. 

Week 3

7/17 Coverage, Doing Your Homework Before the Interview

7/19 Mock Press Conference

Week 4

7/24 Edit  |Video Techniques

7/25 Revise Assignments | Photo Safari

Week 5

7/31 Video Techniques

8/2 Learning about photography and other photo resources

Week 6

8/7 Presentation | Meeting Strangers

8/9 Networking  | Getting the Interview

Week 7

8/14  Presentations | Test

8/16 Culmination | Certificates

Student Notes for Cass:

Class blog is: wootenjschool.blogspot.com

Teen Reporter Handbook

To start aBlog, get your parents permission.  They must sign (Age restrictions)
Set it up at www.blogger.com

Isidra's Notes for First Class:

Journalism can be really profitable:
Here is a billionaire who started out as a news reporter. Who is she?
http://youtu.be/0bvOyeDMK6E

YOUTH REPORTER: ‪Ghana's golden boy‬
http://youtu.be/U8GSDbiDU1k

Jonathan Tavasti KURME, youth reporter:

http://exposureroom.com/members/KURME/bccdc6569eda4bbaa3b3c4d4b1a07ee4/
Citizen Journalism:

DIY Radio (Do it Yourself)
http://www.radiodiaries.org/going-home-cristels-diary/

Jeff's Diary: Halfrican
http://www.radiodiaries.org/jeff-in-boston-halfrican/

Emotionally Troubled Teen Show Honesty, Courage
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=94850372&m=94850335



Example of bad one (But was selected to win)
http://youtu.be/OnXDlydWucY

http://youtu.be/2DjPD6Qjynk

http://youtu.be/nObrn_Zm42c

The Pros
http://youtu.be/A4fe-3RpKtI

FUNNY!!!
http://youtu.be/_0eINGyJHz8
http://youtu.be/_0eINGyJHz8   (model)

Really funny:
http://youtu.be/_BSueGzrtaI

http://youtu.be/3KNpn-XGM04

Lena's Notes:

Chico Norwood, Woman Sports Writer/Editor
Will Skype from Jacksonville, Mississippi

Includes Blogging 300-400 words and Writing Newspaper Articles 600-1000 words

Workshops

Good Manners Makes Money:
relationship building, family, school and church

Decorating Your Body for School/Work/Play
Develop your style and dress for the occasion
Using the clothing you have

What to Wear When & Why
Appropriate attire can save your life

Taking a Good Picture of yourself
Learning to  appreciate the face God gave you

How to Interview a "Self Absorbed Knucklehead"
Sometimes people don't want to be nice
How to overcome a stuffy situation

Who, What, Why, When & How?
Newspaper Etiquette as life's lessons
Asking questions as a survival technique