Course Overview
Welcome to EL 200, "Media Lab."
The course website is located at http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DennisJerz/EL200. I will update the online syllabus periodically, so the printout I give you is only for your convenience on the first day of classs. The offical version of the syllabus is the online version (though I will notify you in advance of any significant changes).
Topics for today:
- Preview syllabus.
This course is a skills and leadership class...
...intended to support the long-term good of the Setonian
Note: The front page of the course blog only shows the main class topic and the main readings scheduled for that day. To get a full list of the lesson plan for any day, click on the date on the calendar.
As always, this course has a practical component, by which students earn credits for working on production of The Setonian. Writing articles or taking pictures do not count as lab work; rather, this class focuses on the behind-the-scenes work, without which there would be no paper for the writers or photographers to publish their work.
In addition, this semetster EL200 will focus on podcasting.
Basic Journalism Principles
Objectivity. Transparency. Immediacy. "Verify or Duck."
If your mother says she loves you, check it out.
"Rosenthal Rule" -- Avoiding conflict of interest.
Herbert Morrison's coverage of the 1937 Hindenburg crash: "Oh, the humanity."
Calendar
With only five people in the class, it seems overkill for me to maintain this course page with the same amount of detail I put into my other course web pages. I'll continue to send out specific details by e-mail.
Here is the general plan of the semester.
23-Jan Intro
30-Jan Ex 1: Podcasting Intro
06-Feb Ex 2: Editing Practice
13-Feb Ex 3: Recording & Editing Practice
20-Feb PF 1: Include your term project ideas.
27-Feb Ex 4: Practice Podcast & Peer Editing
06-Mar Break
13-Mar Ex 5: Podcast 1
20-Mar No Class
27-Mar PF 2: Include term project progess report.
03-Apr Workshop
10-Apr PF 3: Include a rough draft of your term project.
17-Apr Ex 6: Podcast 2
24-Apr Ex 7: Podcast 3
01-May Ex 8: Podcast 4
07-May (Monday) PF 4: Include a near-complete draft of your term project.
11-May Final Submit revised, polished term project.
