"R" refers to the Rich text. "HG" is Hammer Grammar. Additional readings will be announced.
| Week | Class Topics | Assigned Readings | What's Due? |
| Week 1 | Intro to J200 (overview) | R Ch. 1,2 for Wed. | |
| Week 2 | What is news? Who is your audience? | R Ch. 3 for Mon. | |
| Week 3 | Covering meetings AP Style | HG1 R Ch. 8, 20 for Mon. | |
| Week 4 | News language | HG2 R Ch. 9, 10 |
Meeting story due |
| Week 5 | Newsgathering | HG3 R Ch. 5, 6 |
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| Week 6 | Newsgathering, cont. | HG4 R Ch. 7 |
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| Week 7 | Features | HG5 R Ch. 11 |
Topic story due |
| Week 8 | Features, cont. | Handouts | |
| Week 9 | Individual conferences | ||
| Week 10 | Broadcast | HG6 R Ch. 12 |
How-to story due |
| Week 11 | Broadcast, cont. | HG7 R Ch. 4, 13 |
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| Week 12 | Online writing | HG9 R Ch. 19 |
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| Week 13 | Covering beats | HG10 R Ch. 15, 16 |
Podcast due |
| Week 14 | Ethics | HG11 R |
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| Week 15 | Ethics presentations | Handouts | |
| Week 16 | Web packages due |
| To SOJ Home | Who is Gena Asher? |