JRN 200: Deadlines

Here's a recap of the latest deadlines for you to keep track of:

>>> Unless you've heard from me otherwise, everyone is approved for tip sheets 3 and 4, if they were submitted to me prior to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 26.

>>> As  indicated in class Wednesday, out-of-class #3 will consist of a written out-of-class story following the usual rules; a 1-2 minute video version of either the whole story or an aspect/angle of it (for example, on a story or pros and cons of living off-campus, perhaps the video story centers on student opinions on the issue only); preview and recap posts that can be split by one side/the other side (for example, on a story about  pros and cons about living off-campus, maybe one post is about pros and the other cons; or one post is about what experts have to say, and the other is about what students say) and a tweet stream where we follow an earlier post's directions on how to tweet for non-breaking news.

The multimedia requirements will mostly follow that of the second multimedia project assigned Wednesday, except it will all be on the same topic as the third out-of-class written story. We will be telling the same story in all mediums: print, online, video and social media.

Rules will apply as previous: the written story must be at least 700 words with at least two human sources, all sides of the story represented, at least one neutral expert, any necessary background data, etc.; the video must contain at least two human sources and relevant b-roll; the blog posts must be 100-200 words each, with each containing at least two relevant hyperlinks; the tweet stream must be at least 12 tweets long with a unifying unique hash tag.

>>> The written third out-of-class story will be due no later than 9 a.m. Monday, April 7 by email to omars@msu.edu, under the subject line of ooc3. The multimedia components of the third out-of-class story will be due no later than (with links to the video, blog posts and tweets)

>>> Then, the rewrite for the third out-of-class story will be due no later than 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 16 to omars@msu.edu.

>>> The multimedia component of the third out-of-class story will be due no later than 9 a.m. Thursday, April 17 by email to omars@msu.edu, under the subject line of mm3. Parameters are as posted above.


>>> The fourth out-of-class story will be due no later than 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 23 to omars@msu.edu under the subject line of ooc4. That is the final day of class. This assignment is optional for regular students and mandatory for honors credit.

>>> The deadline for the job shadow report and all extra credit is also no later than 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 23 to omars@msu.edu. 

>>> In the meantime, the second multimedia assignment is due no later than 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 1 by email to omars@msu.edu, under the subject line of mm2. Parameters of the required 1-2 minute video, two blog posts and a tweet stream are as detailed in class Wednesday and listed in a related blog post.

>>> Plus, the rewrite of the second out-of-class story will be due no later than 10 a.m. Thursday, April 3 via email to omars@msu.edu.

So, here's the deadlines, in time order:
 
Tuesday, April 1: Second multimedia assignment
Thursday, April 3: Second out-of-class story rewrite
Monday, April 7: Third out-of-class story
Wednesday, April 16: Third out-of-class rewrite
Thursday April 17: Third multimedia assignment
Wednesday, April 23: Fourth out-of-class story; job shadow report, all extra credit.