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  • Pressure’s On
    • Chapter 1 – Role of News
    • Chapter 2 – The Basics
    • Chapter 3 – AP Style
    • Chapter 4 – Telling the Story
    • Chapter 5 – Story Structure
    • Chapter 6 – Covering Beats
    • Chapter 7 – Ledes
    • Chapter 8 – Attributions
    • Chapter 9 – Other Important Suggestions
    • Chapter 10 – Editing and Proofing
  • Creative Writing
    • Intro to Creative Writing
      • Requirements
      • Grades and Policies
      • Schedule
        • Exercise 1: Image and Voice
        • Exercise 2: Voice
        • Exercise 4: Setting
        • Exercise 3: Character
      • Projects, Notes & Further Readings
      • Elements of the Workshop
      • Final Portfolio Requirement
    • Poetry
      • Lecture Notes
      • Requirements
        • Final Project
      • Grades and Policies
      • Schedule
    • Advanced Poetry
      • Lecture Notes
      • Requirements
        • Final Project
      • Grades and Policies
      • Schedule
    • Fiction
      • Fiction Notes
        • Fiction Query Letter
      • Requirements
      • Grades and Policies
      • Schedule
    • Advanced Fiction
      • Requirements
      • Grades and Policies
      • Schedule
      • Advanced Fiction Portfolio
    • Creative Nonfiction
      • Final Portfolio Requirement
      • Projects, Notes & Further Readings
      • Requirements
      • Grades and Policies
      • Schedule
    • Freelance Writing
      • Requirements
      • Grades and Policies
      • Schedule
        • Magazine Writing Piece #1: Literary Nonfiction
        • Magazine Writing Piece #2: Profile
        • Magazine Writing Piece #3: Service
        • Magazine Writing Piece #4: A & E
        • Portfolio Requirements
      • Conducting an Interview
      • Freelance Notes
  • Writing & Communication
    • ENGL 1101
      • Grades & Policies
      • Requirements
      • Schedule
        • Essay Checklist
        • Essay Four
        • Essay Grading
        • Essay One
        • Essay Three
        • Essay Two
        • Reading Responses
    • ENGL 1102
      • Grades and Policies
      • Schedule
      • final portfolio requirements
      • Notes, Further Readings, Assignments & Links
      • Requirements
  • About

Projects, Notes & Further Readings

Lecture Notes
Image & ImaginationDownload
VoiceDownload
CharacterizationDownload
SettingDownload
Setting SamplesDownload
POVDownload
Character SketchDownload
Story_plot_structureDownload
Build the WorldDownload
Revisions for creative nonfiction and fictionDownload

Projects

The MemoirDownload
The FictionDownload
Fiction Project DescriptionDownload
The PoemDownload
Poetry Project DescriptionDownload
Poetry Writing PromptsDownload

Creative Writing

  • Intro to Creative Writing
    • Requirements
    • Grades and Policies
    • Schedule
    • Projects, Notes & Further Readings
    • Final Portfolio Requirement
    • Elements of the Workshop
      • Exercise 1: Image and Voice
      • Exercise 2: Voice
      • Exercise 3: Character
      • Exercise 4: Setting
  • Poetry
    • Requirements
      • Final Project
    • Grades and Policies
    • Schedule
    • Lecture Notes
  • Fiction
    • Requirements
    • Grades and Policies
    • Schedule
      • Fiction Notes
      • Fiction Query Letter
  • Advanced Poetry
    • Requirements
      • Final Project
    • Grades and Policies
    • Schedule
    • Lecture Notes
  • Advanced Fiction
    • Requirements
    • Grades and Policies
    • Schedule
    • Advanced Fiction Portfolio
  • Creative Nonfiction
    • Requirements
    • Grades and Policies
    • Schedule
    • Projects, Notes & Further Readings
    • Final Portfolio Requirement

Writing & Communication

  • ENGL 1101
    • Requirements
    • Grades & Policies
    • Schedule
      • Essay One
      • Essay Two
      • Essay Three
      • Essay Four
      • Essay Checklist
      • Essay Grading
  • ENGL 1102
    • Requirements
    • Grades and Policies
    • Schedule
    • Notes, Further Readings, Assignments & Links
    • Final Portfolio Requirements

Resources for the citizen journalist

CJP Handbook

  • Chapter 1 – Role of News
  • Chapter 2 – The Basics
  • Chapter 3 – AP Style
  • Chapter 4 – Telling the Story
  • Chapter 5 – Story Structure
  • Chapter 6 – Covering Beats
  • Chapter 7 – Ledes
  • Chapter 8 – Attributions
  • Chapter 9 – Other Important Suggestions
  • Chapter 10 – Editing and Proofing

Online Resources

  • CCJ
  • Center for Citizen Media
  • Citizen Media Law Project
  • First Monday
  • Journalism.org
  • Journalist's Guide/Internet
  • News University
  • Newswriting Videos
  • Open Source Journalism
  • PoynterOnline
  • PressThink
  • Public Journalism Network
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