Headline+News

Assignment 4: Assigned March 15th

 * You can work on this project alone or with a partner (so groups can be 1 or 2 only)
 * Using the stories and information provided, decide on how your news cast will look/sound
 * Make sure you follow the directions
 * You can type this or hand write it.
 * You have today and tomorrow to complete this project

VOCAB:Add to your News Vocab file from last week--These are words/phrases for Broadcast news--Given in class Wednesday, March 14th. Make sure you have all the words, these will be on the final

 * Anchor--Person in the newsroom telling about the news (not out on the scene)
 * Reporter--Person on the scene of a story, the person reporting live is a reporter
 * Rundown--The order of stories that will appear in a newscast
 * Lead Story-The first story in the newscast (the most shocking/important news)
 * "If it bleeds, it leads"-The more violent a story is, the earlier in the newscast it tends to appear
 * The Lower Third--The information at the bottom of the screen during a story, tells who the person is, the city, the name of the story (or other information that is needed/important)
 * Call Letters: The letters of a local TV and radio. East of the Mississippi River they begin with "W" (examples: WDIV, WXYZ, WWJ, WOMC)
 * NOTE: Michigan is East of the Mississippi River
 * Teaser--A little preview of stories to come to "tease" you into continuing to watch
 * A 30 minute newscast has about 23 minutes of news (the rest are commercials--most commercials are for local companies)

Assignment 3: Assigned March 9th (in class assignment-if NOT done, it is HOMEWORK)

 * Write a News Story (can be fictional) using the elements covered in the vocab at the beginning of class
 * Must have:
 * A HEADLINE
 * A Byline
 * A picture
 * A caption
 * No less than 10 sentences
 * One quote (can be made up)
 * Must be school appropriate
 * Can be written on lined paper or typed
 * Picture can be drawn (stick figures are fine), from a magazine (in the drawer) or from online
 * Due at the end of class.
 * If done on the computer-Email
 * If written--Turn in to Mrs. Ferris as you leave
 * NO PRINTING of anything

VOCAB: Create a new Word Document saved as News Vocab

 * Headline--The title of the news article. The larger the headline, the more important the story
 * Byline--The author of the story (By: John Smith)
 * Above the fold--A news paper comes folded. Anything above the fold is considered the most important news (it can be seen from a paper box or display)
 * Caption--Explanation of a picture or graphic. Usually under the picture
 * Quote--What someone says, exactly as they said it. Quotation marks are at the beginning and end of a quote "

Assignment 2: Assigned March 2nd

 * Visit Newseum and view the Papers from TODAY
 * Check out the Front Pages from around the country
 * Pick 8 news papers from DIFFERENT States
 * Copy the pages into a Word or PowerPoint
 * Answer the following questions
 * 1) What papers did you choose? (should be on top of the slide with the image)What City/State were they each from (should be on top of the slide with the image)
 * 2) What headlines were used? (make sure to list the main headline from EACH PAPER you selected)
 * 3) The following questions deal with all the papers you chose--You might need different slides are different questions
 * 4) How were they different from the different states?
 * 5) What pictures were used? Did they use Close Ups?
 * 6) What story stood out the most to you? Why?
 * 7) What emotions were shown?
 * 8) Do you think any of this stories will be remembered in 10 years? Which ones? Why?
 * Save and work on something quietly when done

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