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Minority Journalism Workshop 2008 students in a class at Washington & Lee University.
A look at the 2010 workshop schedule
- Sunday, June 20
- 3 p.m. Arrive at paper.
- 4 p.m. Arrive at W&L. Check in at the dorms
- 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Ropes course and team building.
- 6 to 6:30 p.m.Dinner (Marketplace). Meet the rest of the journalism faculty over dinner
- 6:45 p.m. Journalism lingo, Third-floor lab (Doug, Toni and Pam)
-- (Objectives: News values)
-- Introducing students to the mysterious world of ledes, slugs, cuts and other funny terms and important principles and conventions
- 7:15 p.m. Get to work! Third-floor lab (Doug, Toni, Pam) -- Objectives: Accuracy, Note-taking, Interview Skills, Quotations)
- 9 p.m. Go to Commons to hang out with j-students
- 10 p.m. Lights out!
- Monday, June 21
- 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. Breakfast in The Marketplace.
- 8:15 to 9 a.m. Gas leak OR other assignment (Doug); with mock news conference. (Objectives: News values, news judgment, writing a lede, organizing information, interviewing skills.)
- 9 to 10 a.m. Writing for broadcast. (Objectives: Writing a 30-second on-air reader from the same story; editing each other's work.)
- 10 to 11 a.m. How to be a News Anchor. (Objectives: Learning to read broadcast copy on the air, critiquing each other's work, and some fun.)
- 11 to 11:55 a.m. Legal and Ethical Case Studies. (Objectives: Examining journalists' professional obligations; analyzing cases.)
- 11:55 a.m. Group photo.
- Noon to 1 p.m. Lunch, The Marketplace.
- 1:30 p.m. Writing for broadcast Objectives: Writing a 30-second on-air reader from last night’s gas leak story; editing each other’s work.
- 1 to 1:30 p.m. Short tour of the school with student guide.
- 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Scavenger Hunt. (Objectives: Assessing reliability of information and sources)
- 2:30 to 2:40 p.m. Break.
- 2:40 to 3:30 p.m. Video editing.
- 3:30 to 4 p.m. Finish writing profiles.
- 4 to 4:30 p.m. Wrap up and farewell.
- 5:30 p.m. Arrive back at the paper.
- Tuesday, June 22
- 9-9:30 a.m. Today’s paper
- 9:30 to 9:45 a.m. The real world. Let’s recap what you learned at W&L and how that applies in a real newsroom.
- 9:45 to 10 a.m. Introduce what happens at the budget meeting.
- 10 a.m. Attend morning budget meeting.
- 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The makings of a story. How does a story get to print? Who all is involved in a story beside a reporter? Meet our panel.
Reporter: Jorge Valencia
Designer: Terri Macklin
Graphics: Rob Lunsford
Editor: Kathy Lu - 11:30 to 11:45 a.m. Break.
- Noon-2 p.m. Lunch with mentors
- 1:30 to 3 p.m. Public Records Scavenger hunt. The Internet and public databases can be reporters’ best friends. Want to know how much your high school principal’s house is worth? Is your school’s cafeteria up to par with the state’s health department regulations? These are some of the types of questions you will try to answer. Afterward, we’ll regroup to talk about what you learned.
- 3 to 4 p.m. Work on your profiles
- 4 to 4:30 p.m. Attend afternoon budget meeting.
- 4:30 to 5 p.m. Plan for Wednesday.
- Wednesday, June 23
- 9-9:30 a.m. Today's paper exercise.
- 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Work on your assignments.
- 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. Check in with mentors.
- 11:30 to noon Meet Carole Tarrant. What does being editor of the paper mean?
- Noon to 1:30 p.m. Lunch.
- 1:30 to 3 p.m. Prepping for the court case. An 18-year-old Roanoke man is expected to appear in court Wednesday. He is charged with possessing a firearm on school property. He allegedly had a gun in the trunk of a vehicle he brought to William Fleming High School in January. We will look over the court file with our education reporter Courtney Cutright and talk about how to write court stories before heading to the case.
- 3-5 p.m. Court case and writing exercise.
- 5 p.m. Regroup, plan the next day.
- Thursday, June 24
- 9 a.m. Today's paper exercise.
- 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Carilion assignment. Before we head out, our health reporter Sarah Bruyn Jones will prep you on Carilion and its role in our community. Then we’ll venture to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital to interview volunteers there about what they do, learn more about how the hospital works, and get a tour. You’ll also get there by taking the trolley.
- 12:30 to 2 p.m. Lunch.
- 2 to 3:30 p.m. Write your Carilion stories.
- 3:30 to 4 p.m. Meet Angela Campbell. What does being circulation director of the paper mean?
- 4 to 5 p.m. Regroup, plan the next day.
- Friday, June 25
- 9 a.m. Today's paper exercise.
- 9:30 to 10:15 a.m.Tour of The Roanoke Times. Our sales and service department director, Keith Liles, will take you on a tour of the building.
- 10:30 to 11 a.m. Meet Debbie Meade. Debbie Meade is the publisher of the newspaper. Before taking this job, she’s held several different jobs at the newspaper. What do you want to know about what she does?
- 11 a.m. to noon Meet Michael Stowe and Jean Sokolofski.
Michael Stowe, managing editor, will talk about what he does, the paper’s opportunities for high-schoolers and what he looks for when seeking job or internship applicants.
As a Human Resources director, Jean Sokolofski sees a lot of resumes and interviews. What questions do you have for her? And what tips does she have for you? - Noon to 1:30 p.m. Lunch
- 1:30 to 3 p.m.Finish up your stories.
- 3 to 3:30 p.m. Meet our summer interns. You learned about getting internships earlier this morning; here’s your chance to ask our interns how their summer is going so far.
- 3:30 to 4 p.m.Prepare your critique.
- 4 to 4:30 p.m.Present critique at afternoon budget meeting.
- 4:30 p.m.Meet JoAnne Poindexter/wrap up. JoAnne is the founder of the Minority Journalism Workshop and just retired from the newspaper in 2008, though she still freelances for us. She’d like to meet you all and find out how your week went.
- 5:30 p.m. Fill out evaluations.
- 6 p.m. Banquet
-- Log on to Word
-- Get notebooks
-- Interview each other
-- Write (Let’s do our best to have good drafts of profiles by the end of this exercise so we’ll have something to put into the newsletter we hope to design this week.)
