Journalism 133
Editing and News Management
Fall 2024JOUR 133, Sec. 1; 3 credit units
Tuesday & Thursday, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
DBH209 (Spartan Daily newsroom)
About This Course:
Current Course Materials:
- Course Syllabus (REVISED 10/5): 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
These materials will be updated
throughout the semester.
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.
For More Information Please contact Prof. Craig, either by phone at 924-3287, or by e-mail at profcraig@profcraig.com.
