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Journalism 133
Editing and News Management
Fall 2024

JOUR 133, Sec. 1; 3 credit units
Tuesday & Thursday, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
DBH209 (Spartan Daily newsroom)

About This Course: Course Description JOUR133 At-A-Glance About Instructor For More Information

Current Course Materials: Course Syllabus: PDF Syllabus Supplement    AP Style Guide  SJSU Student Software Resources Group Activities Form  Spartan Daily Archive  Sample Story for Editing: HTML | TXT Common Grammar Mistakes  AP Style Essentials  What Makes Bad Writing Bad?  Wrong Word  Examples of bad writing:  * "Worst Sports Column"  * Grocery store tweet  * Shrek tweet  * Winner tweet  * Tennis story  * Baked goods item  * Government tweet  * Running errands tweet  * Book report   * British gossip column  * Baseball game story  * Gen Z Harry Potter  * AI travel articles  * AI Batman script  Editing Checklist  Snopes | FactCheck.org  Fact Checking Assignment 1 | Word Doc  Campus Quirk Story Assignment  Elements of Newsworthiness (PDF)  Readability for Journalists (PDF)  Opinion Column Example  Readability Exercise  Some of Today's AP Stories  Working on Leads  Bank Robbery Leads  Working on Headlines 1  Making Headlines Fit  Headline Basics (PDF)  Headline Exercise  Community Quirk Story Assignment  Campus vs. Community Quirk Stories (PDF)  Midterm Study Guide  Story Ideas Exercise  Story Ideas Assignment  Follow-Up Stories (PDF)  Follow-Up Stories Exercise  Sidebar Stories (PDF)  Sidebar Stories: Southwest buyouts  Sidebar Story Assignment   Story and Sidebar Example: Main Story: Pilot Is Hailed After Jetliner’s Icy Plunge Sidebar: A Quick Rescue Kept Death Toll at Zero  Sidebar: Bird Hazard Is Persistent for Planes  Sidebar: Plane Crew Is Credited for Nimble Reaction  Sidebar: E-Mail Note: ‘I Landed in the Hudson’   Story Example: Study finds Student Loan Borrowers Going Without Food and Essentials (CNBC)  Final Project Assignment  In-Class Story Idea Exercise for 11-26    These materials will be updated throughout the semester.

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Course Description

Instructor description: Students will be taught the most important elements of being an editor in a daily newsroom setting. Subjects will include:

• Editing for spelling, grammar, context and accuracy;
• Writing headlines, decks, kickers, cutlines, link text and other teasers
• Generating and focusing story ideas
• Working with reporters and other editors to produce high-quality stories.

Catalog description: Media lab. Designed for the editor serving as wordsmith and coach, a hands-on approach to copy editing and headline writing for online and print media.

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For More Information

Please contact Prof. Craig, either by phone at 924-3287, or by e-mail at profcraig@profcraig.com.