Journalism 133: Prof. Craig: Working With Reporters, Part 2

Working With Reporters. Part 2

For the previous assignment, you were designated as either reporter or editor.  For Part 2, you will switch roles and have new partners (see below).

This time, rather than taking a national/international story and giving it a local angle, you will flip the assignment somewhat.  You will work together to develop a story idea based on a local topic that you collectively believe deserves more attention outside our area.  The local topic can be specific to SJSU, to San Jose or to the South Bay region. 

For this assignment, you are to write a main story and a sidebar story, as discussed in class.  The story and sidebar will require a minimum of four interviews and 1000 total words across the two pieces. The main story should be longer and more general, and the sidebar shorter and more specific.  

You will meet in your assigned groups for the rest of the class period, then present your story ideas next time.  The story will be due a week from Wednesday.  

For those on Zoom, I will keep the call open in case you have questions. 

Groups for exercise:         

Group No.	Role	Name
1	Reporter	Alicia Alvarez
	Editor	Matt Weiner
2	Reporter	Jose Garcia
	Editor	Bryan Reos
3	Reporter	D'Netrus Chevis-Rose
	Editor	Asia Tugbenyoh
4	Reporter	Andrew Hartley
	Editor	Alice Solcan
5	Reporter	Alessio Cavalca
	Editor	Lesley Rodriguez
6	Reporter	Adrian Pereda
	Editor	Zulma Canahui-Bajxac
7	Reporter	Jeremy Martin
	Editor	Jillian Darnell
8	Reporter	Heather Allen
	Editor	Breana Waterloo