Now, this is the time when those of you who don't have the 10th edition of RFTM because you ordered it online and it has yet to be delivered will start freaking out.
Don't freak; I have you covered. In recognition that some textbooks may still be en route (since you just learned of the textbook needs just a few days ago), later today I will email to you (from a digital version of the ninth edition of RFTM that I happen to have) chapters 1, 3, 4 and 5, which approximate to chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the 10th edition.
So, just download and read the attachments, and you'll be ready for Tuesday. (Just do the readings, and don't bother for now with the exercises in each chapter.)
I do need to warn you that this is a rare time where I will cover you for not having a textbook. I hope for everyone to have a textbook in hand no later than the end of the upcoming week.
If anyone has problems meeting that deadline, or if you don't get the email to your msu.edu email address by the end of today, or if you have any other questions or concerns whatsoever, please contact me by email, phone or in-person. A couple of you have already taken the initiative to contact me, and I hope that's just the start.
Plus, be sure to read all bylined stories in the front section of USA Today and all bylined stories in The State News from the Thursday and Monday edition of each newspaper. Please be prepared to discuss the news value of stories in each of those papers and to take an unannounced current events quiz on the subjects if and when such a quiz is assigned to you.
Also, a reminder that during this semester you will be required to do a job shadow. It's easy, but it takes prep work you can't blow off until the last minute. We need to start now.
This
is what I want: I'd like you to seek out a professional who is working
in a media occupation you might wish to pursue. It could be some working
at a newspaper or a magazine or a radio station or a TV station or an
online media site or whatever. Email me about what your job shadow plan
proposal is, and if I approve it (NOTE IN BIG FREAKING CAPITAL LETTERS:
YOUR SHADOW IS SUBJECT TO MY PRE-APPROVAL!) then contact your shadow and
get their okay to shadow them.
Some
local and regional shadow opportunities where previous JRN 200ers had
luck include the Lansing State Journal, WILX-TV Channel 10 (the NBC
affiliate in Lansing), MLive Lansing (an online news site) and WXYZ-TV
Channel 7 (the ABC affiliate in Detroit). If you're having problems
coming up with a shadow idea, please contact me and we'll problem-solve
through it.
Arrange
with them to follow them around their daily duties for anywhere from an
hour or two, to all day long. Your call. Interview that media pro about
their job and keys to success. You may also do a shadow as part of a
group of students. Again, get my pre-approval
before you do anything.
Then,
write up a 200- to 300-word report on what you saw during your shadow,
and what you learned that you believe will benefit you in the future.
Please include the phone number and email address of your shadow
subject, so I can confirm your attendance.
Your
job shadow proposal will be due via mail to omars@msu.edu during the final week of class in December.
I must warn you, quite often people strike out on their first or second
choices, and getting an agreement and setting and date and time take some time. So, I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO DO ANY OF THIS!
Just
get it knocked out and out of the way. While it's due in December, you
can turn it in as early as you'd like. Completing the assignment
correctly and on time automatically gets you a 4.0; not doing it gets
you a 0.0.
So,
please do it and get yourselves an easy A. More importantly, get a look
at what you may want to be doing a few years from now, and take that
opportunity to start judging the lay of the land.
That's it for now. Have a nice weekend, folks.
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