Tuesday and the holiday/next project

Please be at 30 Rock CHECKED IN and ready for pick-up by 9:45 tomorrow. please also bring a DVD copy of some of your work. We'll get though as much as we can. I'm particularly interested in your tracking and on camera appearance. After the morning session, we will arrange groups for the next project.

We will have a two hour break from noon-2pm. Plenty of time for Holiday shopping and lunch at The Plaza.

Some of you are signing equipment out early, which is fine. Just remember you need a sheet from the equipment room that I need to sign.

Bob Dotson, a veteran correspondent and tremendous storyteller, is now involved in some other projects. please check out this link which is a worthwhile Q & A with some starting journalism students. http://hsbj.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=387

Also, please read Chapter 7 (Writing for the Web) of Advancing the Story. While you have the books out...please read Chapters 7 and 8 of When Words Collide.

Committee to Protect journalism books

I received the shipment from Cheryl's office with the additional books. When you are at 30 rock Thursday, I'll give them to whomever did not receive one last week.

Reminder tomorrow morning, Wednesday, I'll see you at 10am.

This week...TAKE 2

Tomorrow, be at school at 9:30am, please. Rob Kaplan, an NBC Nightly News editor will discuss some techniques with you. We will take a short break at 11:30am and regroup on the third floor at noon to meet Nicole for editing in the projection room.

Wednesday, we will start at 10am...we will have two guests, one in the morning, one in the afternoon and we will finish by about 4pm.

On Thursday, please bring the script from your most recent package to Paul Warner's class at 9:30am.

ALSO--please remember your story pitch is due Friday morning at 9:30am. I'd like a printed copy with some research already done so we know the piece has the elements you hope for.

This week

a couple of things

Please be at 30 Rock Thursday (tomorrow) ALL CHECKED IN by 10:15. I will meet you at the Visitor Center at that time. And please be in the school lobby at 10:15 on Friday (for our field trip to Long Island City).

Please read the following article by Brian Stelter in Today's NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/business/media/11adco.html?_r=1
We will hear from someone next week who can discuss the business side of the Internet.

Next Tuesday, you will have a a Final Cut Pro class with Nicole at 1pm...we WILL be in the edit lab. I am also working on an NBC editor coming to class Tuesday morning to discuss technique.

The last thing is please start thinking about your next project...it will be a hard news piece running 2:00. A stand-up is optional, though I do prefer you do one. The pitch will be due first thing Friday morning, November 20 (next Friday). I would like a printed copy at that time. You will shoot AFTER Thanksgiving...there will be no assignment over the Thanksgiving break.

Information for next week

We will spend the afternoon at 30 Rock on Tuesday with members of Nightly News. Half the class will stay and watch the evening newscast from the control room, the other half will visit Wednesday and will watch that night. We will break into teams on Monday morning.

Thursday, class will also be at 30 Rock. In the morning, we will speak with Senior Vice President Cheryl Gould about the Committee to Protect Journalism (CPJ). Please read the enclosed articles by Cheryl to help in understanding what the CPJ does. Also, please bring resumes to the afternoon session with Tracey Leaf from Human Resources.

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/16/1202158.aspx
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234379.aspx

We'll discuss the remainder of next week's schedule on Monday morning. You will not be shooting any pieces next week.

Journalists' Rights

Please read these two articles on the rights of journalists.

Freedom of the Press

Deal in Senate on Protecting Sources