News and Notes: 3.31.11

It's Opening Day! That means it's time for Journalism Baseball!

First they came for the journalists...

   Overland High School recently lost their student newspaper. The principal shut it down because he didn't like a story the newspaper was going to publish. Read more about the case here. The students have the backing of the ACLU and the Student Press Law Center. Despite the powerful backers, this type of situation could happen anywhere.

   If you are moved to sign the petition to support the students and their paper, please feel free to do so. Use the school's address for your petition.

  
April 6: After school journalism meeting. Attend for Professional Development credit. We will begin at 4 pm. The topic will be online journalism.

Worknight is scheduled for April 8. If proofs are not finished by then, a small team will need to come in to finish them. Cathie and Joyce will be recruiting.

News and Notes: 3.30.11

Thursday is Opening Day of baseball season. In honor of that and the arrival of Spring, we will be playing a team game. We will call it Journalism Baseball. You will go against each other in a Word Choice Championship.

April 6: After school journalism meeting. Attend for Professional Development credit. We will begin at 4 pm. The topic will be online journalism.

Worknight is scheduled for April 8. If proofs are not finished by then, a small team will need to come in to finish them. Cathie and Joyce will be recruiting.

DON'T FORGET: Your Typecasting assignment is due Thursday!

News and Notes: 3.29.11

Thursday is Opening Day of baseball season. In honor of that and the arrival of Spring, we will be playing a team game. We will call it Journalism Baseball.

April 6: After school journalism meeting. Attend for Professional Development credit. We will begin at 4 pm. The topic will be online journalism.

Worknight is scheduled for April 8. If proofs are not finished by then, a small team will need to come in to finish them. Cathie and Joyce will be recruiting.

DON'T FORGET: Your Typecasting assignment is due Thursday!

News and Notes: 3.28.11

The final pages of the book were sent off on Friday. Now, proofs. Those must be done ASAP. First period will take primary responsibility on those.

Fourth quarter begins today. Don't forget you have professional development this quarter too. It must be completed by Friday, May 27. The first opportunity will be April 9 after school. The topic is still to be determined.

The room is CLOSED at lunch this week unless you are working on proofs.

News and Notes: 3.25.11

Assignment: Now that third quarter is finished and the final pages of the book are being sent it, it is time to reflect. Write a ONE page reflection (not more than 500 words) using a GoogleDoc about your experience in yearbook thus far. Focus on the skills that you have developed as well as the things you do well and the areas that still need work. I am more concerned about the seeing an honest reflection than a claim that you have no strengths or weaknesses. Share the document with Wojo when you have finished. This is a formal writing assignment, so please use formal language and structure. This assignment is due at the end of the period.

Quarter 3 ends today. Make this assignment count.

News and Notes: 3.24.11

Get a half sheet of paper from the black table. Put your name on it. Write your top three rules for journalists. Explain why each rule is important. When you have finished, put the assignment on Wojo's desk. It must be turned in no later than 15 minutes after the tardy bell.

Watch this space for announcements about upcoming opportunities for professional development for fourth quarter.

News and Notes: 3.23.11

Thanks, Dre, for going the extra mile yesterday looking for the FINAL TWO idents on the football team photo! Extra claps!

The only thing in the book to finish is the index. The next step is to work on the proofs. You will probably be asked to do name-checking along with other tasks.

Today, you will receive an assignment in class that you will do in class AND on your own time. You will need magazines and/or books to complete this assignment. You will be given a handout with detailed instructions.

News and Notes: 3.22.11

Ceil is here today.

Please help with the team photos pages. We need to get those people identified ASAP so we can finish the index.

Wojo will be talking to you today if you did NOT complete your professional development requirement for 3rd quarter.

News and Notes: 3.21.11

Pages should be finalizing today. Hmm, not sure that finalizing is a real word, but it IS a word in Yearbookland.


Quarter ends on Friday. Tomorrow, the announcements will contain a list of people who have no professional development for the quarter. The purpose is NOT to give you a final chance to complete it, but to make sure Wojo didn't miss your email with your course report.


Summer Opportunity for Journalists:


J Camp is a program that gives young people the opportunity to develop their written, speaking, communication and leadership skills, while learning about diversity through a program that allows them to meet with top journalists in the country.

AAJA's J Camp is a national multicultural journalism program for high school students, held each before AAJA's national conventions J Camp 2011 will be held at MSU in East Lansing, MI from August 6-11, 2011.

For more information about the program, please download the brochure and submit an application by visiting the link. Deadline April 1, 2011.
http://www.aaja.org/programs/for_students/journalism_trainings/j_camp <http://www.aaja.org/programs/for_students/journalism_trainings/j_camp>

News and Notes: 3.18.11

Today, Wojo will be checking with each of you on your task for the day. You received an email from Cathie and Joyce with a list of tasks. Pick one and work on it. When you're finished, get it checked off by Wojo.

All professional development is due today. You do NOT have time to work on professional development during class today.

News and Notes: 3.17.11 St. Patrick's Day

Get those spreads finished. Your editors want them tomorrow.

Don't forget that your professional development is due by Friday, March 18. That's tomorrow.

News and Notes: 3.16.11

Your editors want spreads by this Friday so they have time to look over them before Tuesday's deadline. The book must be finalized by Tuesday, March 22.

All professional development must be completed by Friday, March 18.

New and Notes: 3.15.11 Beware the Ides of March

The last pages of the book must be sent in next Tuesday. Make sure your pages are ready.

All professional development must be completed no later than Friday, March 18.

News and Notes: 3.14.11

All pages must be complete by March 22. Be sure you are working on yours. If you can't move forward on your pages today, help someone else!

All professional development must be completed by Friday, March 18.

This video shows, graphically, what a tsunami does when it enters a town.

News and Notes: 3.11.11

Read yesterday's announcements and do the assignment there.

Work night is tonight. Don't miss it.

Professional Development is due no later than March 18.


News Alert from Hercules PD this morning:

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News and Notes: 3.10.11

Work night is tomorrow! We will begin immediately after school and work until 9pm. All editors (current and incoming), and writers who's stories aren't finished need to attend.


Get a post-it note. Put your name on it. Correct the three sentences above by writing them out correctly and post the note on the door behind Wojo's desk. You may ignore the two sets of parentheses and the words inside of them for this exercise.


Don't forget that professional development is due by next Friday, March 18.

News and Notes: 3.9.11

Please review "Perfect Punctuation" below.

Don't forget that your professional development is due no later than March 18.

Worknight is this Friday, March 11. All staff members are expected to be here. We begin immediately after school.

News and Notes: 3.8.11

See that in your rearview mirror? That's your deadline ready to overtake you. Don't let it beat you down! Get those pages done!

Please be prepared for pop quizzes on editing. The focus right now is on ending punctuation (periods only, please), proper capitalization and the evil Oxford comma.

Work night is Friday night. Please plan to attend. We begin immediately after school.

News and Notes: 3.7.11

Your deadline is looming. Please be in the room today, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at lunch to work.

Ceil will be here Friday for worknight. You are expected to attend to help get these last pages completed.

News and Notes: 3.4.11

Can you believe it's March already? That means it's almost the end of the quarter. Don't forget that you need to have professional development done no later than March 18. What can you do? Please review this earlier posting with suggestions. You may do other courses in NewsU if you wish. Do not repeat courses you already did. Your total time should be at least an hour.

Work night is Friday, March 11. Please plan accordingly. All staffers are expected to attend unless ALL of your work is complete. Ceil will be here for work night.

Reminder: Your final deadline (yes, that's FINAL) is March 22. The quarter ends March 25. When you finish your work help another staffer. You sink or swim together on this deadline. Make sure the pages get done in a timely manner. We absolutely cannot afford any late fees on our deadlines.


Seniors: Your service learning requirement has been taken care of. Do not worry about it. I've sent and email to the counselors as well as Mr. Franz.

News and Notes: 3.3.11

Welcome Mr. Fadelli to class. He will be here today and tomorrow while I am at the California Council for the Social Studies conference. Stories should be finished by tomorrow.

Can you believe it's March already? That means it's almost the end of the quarter. Don't forget that you need to have professional development done no later than March 18. What can you do? Please review this earlier posting with suggestions. You may do other courses in NewsU if you wish. Do not repeat courses you already did. Your total time should be at least an hour.

Work night is Friday, March 11. Please plan accordingly. All staffers are expected to attend unless ALL of your work is complete.

Reminder: Your final deadline (yes, that's FINAL) is March 22. The quarter ends March 25. When you finish your work help another staffer. You sink or swim together on this deadline. Make sure the pages get done in a timely manner. We absolutely cannot afford any late fees on our deadlines.


Seniors: Your service learning requirement has been taken care of. Do not worry about it. I've sent and email to the counselors as well as Mr. Franz.

News and Notes: 3.2.11

Write a headline for the following story. Put the headline on a post-it note with your name on it and place it on the door behind Wojo's desk. This is a real story. Headlines must be appropriate, but may be irreverent:

NAPLES, Fla. -- Police say a brawl between roommates over Girl Scout cookies led to assault charges against one of them.

According to the Naples Daily News, the Collier County Sheriff's Office reports that 31-year-old Hersha Howard woke up her roommate early Sunday and accused her of eating her Thin Mints.
They argued and deputies say that it turned physical with Howard chasing her roommate with scissors and hitting her repeatedly with a board and then a sign.
Police say the roommate's husband tried to separate them. The roommate said she gave the cookies to Howard's children.
Howard is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She was released Monday on $10,000 bail.
A telephone listing for Howard could not be immediately found.

Can you believe it's March already? That means it's almost the end of the quarter. Don't forget that you need to have professional development done no later than March 18. What can you do? Please review this earlier posting with suggestions. You may do other courses in NewsU if you wish. Do not repeat courses you already did. Your total time should be at least an hour.

Work night is Friday, March 11. Please plan accordingly. All staffers are expected to attend unless ALL of your work is complete.

Reminder: Your final deadline (yes, that's FINAL) is March 22. The quarter ends March 25. When you finish your work help another staffer. You sink or swim together on this deadline. Make sure the pages get done in a timely manner. We absolutely cannot afford any late fees on our deadlines.


Seniors: Your service learning requirement has been taken care of. Do not worry about it. I've sent and email to the counselors as well as Mr. Franz.

News and Notes: 3.1.11

Check out Arkenews.net for the details.The story will be updated as we learn more.

Can you believe it's March already? That means it's almost the end of the quarter. Don't forget that you need to have professional development done no later than March 18. What can you do? Please review this earlier posting with suggestions. You may do other courses in NewsU if you wish. Do not repeat courses you already did. Your total time should be at least an hour.

Work night is Friday, March 11. Please plan accordingly. All staffers are expected to attend unless ALL of your work is complete.

Reminder: Your final deadline (yes, that's FINAL) is March 22. The quarter ends March 25. When you finish your work help another staffer. You sink or swim together on this deadline. Make sure the pages get done in a timely manner. We absolutely cannot afford any late fees on our deadlines.

Seniors: Your service learning requirement has been taken care of. Do not worry about it. I've sent and email to the counselors as well as Mr. Franz.