Darren Johnson (johnsod@sunysuffolk.edu), MFA in Writing and Literature, Southampton College; Adjunct Assistant Professor of English (Journalism, Freshman Composition, Creative Writing, Developmental Writing); Faculty Adviser to The Compass Student Newspaper; and Executive Council rep, Faculty Association Suffolk County Community College, Ammerman Campus. Also, Media Relations Manager, Stony Brook Southampton.

EG170 | Syllabus

EG170 (2/4) Read the syllabus closely and be sure to comply with the newspaper reading/critique projects. Some topics for discussion… Top Jobs for Journalism Students. | Don’t Believe Everything You Read. | Anatomy of a Front Page | Newspaper Writing 101 | What was a big news story in recent weeks? Writing Straight New Leads – 6 Rules. Notice the different leads/angles on this story that broke recently. Local, Radio, NY Tabloid, LA Times. Find 5 leads on 5 different subjects and rewrite them in a different style, with a different angle; submit in class.

EG170 (2/11) Ledes from last class. | Yesterday’s big story? | Yahoo Main Story: Interesting? | Profiles: Example of a Profile Piece. Example 2. Exercise: How to Interviewhttp://stringers.media.mit.edu/interview.htm. Some Advice on Understanding Your Notes: http://www.surfturk.com/journalism/howtowriteinterview.html. Interview each other tonight; guest speaker next class. Take lots of notes. How do you cleanup and understand your notes? Here’s a page of mine that turned into this story. Here’s a partial transcript from the recent Roger Clemens hearing. How did this reporter pick the best quotes?