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In class writing assignment: This is the one from yesterday that was postponed until today. Get the notes and instruction sheet. Follow the instructions.
Assignment: Due today by 9 pm. This is actually a really important story, so read it carefully. Thomas Friedman write an opinion piece for the NY Times called "
Too Good to Check."
In his piece he discussed the President Obama's trip to India and how much it cost. He also describes Anderson Cooper's examination of the alleged cost. Many of us heard this story and even talked about it in class (along with the coconuts being harvested so they wouldn't fall on Obama's head). Read this story carefully, then post the lesson learned from it as a comment on THIS POST. Here's the catch though, your comment cannot be more than 140 characters (it's a Tweet). Think carefully about what lesson student journalists need to take from this entire incident.
Friday: Work on your spreads. Get those finished. If you need to get photos, get them. If you need to get your article finished, do that. Spreads should be DONE by now.
Next week is a three-day week!
Monday: Work on stories, work on WASC Focus group (
volunteers to serve on this group will receive
credit for professional development for the quarter. You will spend 2-4 class periods on this task. If you volunteer, you get professional development credit. If you don't and are picked anyway, it will just count as a regular assignment. Up to 8 staff members each period may volunteer.).
