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After our last press conference
Thursday, May 13th with.
Pat Lopes Harris
Media Relations Director/Public Affairs
San Jose State University
and with information from the
other in-class press conferences with
Steve Sloan
Former SJSU Staff Union President
and
Jessie Pickett
Staff Technology Specialist
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
San Jose State University
J132b students were given
access to vital perspectives and information
from most of the major sides of the overall state budget
crisis.
Note: During this semester there was extensive
student,
local and national media coverage of student protest
on campuses
nationwide, including the one here at SJSU in March.
The past two weeks J132b students were assigned to do
additional
research needed for a final RTVJ story which looks
ahead on the
student fee hikes, faculty furloughs, staff
layoffs/transfers, and
other concerns for the future.
Finally...throughout this
semester, you have been asked
constantly about current events and given numerous
opportunities to go online to identify and study broadcast
news websites and stories from around the country.
With all of this
knowledge and info now in hand, it's
time to see how effectively each of you can write a
broadcast news format story which looks ahead
and works to connect with our local audience
about what to expect
in the months and years ahead at CSUs like ours.
STORY REQUIREMENTS:
Half inch margins
on all sides
of each page.
All information on
the page typed in capital letters.
In the upper left
corner, key RTVJ story info:
Slug: SJSU BUDGET CRISIS
then single spaced below it
your NAME, then the DATE
.
Go down eight line...then type your RTVJ lead
and double-space all the rest of the story.
Paragraph each sentence that follows.
Include all of the following key elements:
1. Evidence of your individual research and thorough
note taking.
2. Evidence of balance which avoids too much
emphasis on
on side of the story and keeps out your personal opinions.
2. Inclusion of accurate facts, figures and key
information.
5. Conversational, creative, succinct, attractive
and clever RTVJ
style lead & story writing which eliminates bad grammar,
run-on
sentences, and spelling errors before story submission.
6. A well thought out & easy to follow story focus
or outline which
CLEARLY helps the story audience understand and follow
the elements of your story.
7. Evidence of balance making sure you include all
key sides of the
assigned story and eliminating any wording which could
suggest
any hint of your personal bias for or against any side.
8. End this story by
including this standard outcue last line:
(YOUR FULL NAME), S-J-S-U ONLINE.
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Within these
parameters...showcase what YOU can do
as a news writer. Showcase YOUR critical thinking skill...
YOUR curiosity and YOUR individual way of telling
this story and making the audience STAY interested
in your approach to telling this story.
There is no one right way to do this.
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HELPFUL GUIDES &
SUGGESTIONS
Go back and review those
thorough class session notes
which Professor Rucker
asked you to take since day one of this class.
He put emphasis on always thinking about the needs of
your
LOCAL AUDIENCE
when writing your RTVJ stories. You are not writing
for
him, an audience of one person.
Go back and and carefully listen to and study the
creative thinking and writing done by
broadcast professionals nationwide.
Click on this link and look again at the stories you found
and submitted for class review which you thought
were well writing, organized and cleverly done.
Go back and CLOSELY examine the page layout
and story content details on the recent handout copy of
the
staff layoffs story written by J163 student Marisa Lovus.
See how she met all the requirements listed above.
Finally...go back and study at the other special report
stories
produced by SJSU advanced broadcast journalism students
this past semester:
Video
feature stories about the staff layoffs & transfers,
and the hard
news report on the student protest of fee increases.
These stories were produced by students like you and
streamed
on the CNN i-Reports website.
You also have all of the links on
the
J132b class web page
to assist your thinking and add to your knowledge
of how to develop your final story assignment.
NOW...TELL YOURSELF
YOU
CAN DO THIS!
You've selected broadcast
journalism as your major and
you believe this is what you like and want to do in the
future.
This final assignment is designed to inspire you
by showing your talents and abilities!
No one is asking you to be
perfect. Don't set such
unattainable goals ever. It's not possible ever!
Just believe in yourself...put aside all the worries...
stop all the excuses...and
JUST DO IT!
It's time for you to shine! You CAN do this!
Lastly...Thanks for putting up with Prof Bob's
unique approach to teaching broadcast news writing.
Candid talks...current events oral quizzes...Rucker "sounds
effects"
and all....
It was a fun semester together! I look forward to seeing
many of you in J163 in the near future!
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