I’ve gone through my notecards and added many of you to my Facebook account. If I haven’t added you there are two reasons that happened:

1. I couldn’t figure out which one of “you” was the NKU student. If you have your network settings to hide your location, then I can’t verify you’re the correct person to add. If that’s the case, you can add me directly; or
2. You don’t have an account

I don’t post vital information there. That all goes through the website or my Google Group (for Media Informatics majors — and those interested).

The new JOU 220 syllabus is in the system so download away. Sorry for the confusion

Odds are if you have a question, someone else does as well.

And we have pizza and watch a movie.

This Friday at 630 pm, we are having our first movie night. The features: Tron and Hackers, a double feature for those who want to stick around.

Announcements happen at the beginning — as does the pizza — so no worries about sticking around all night if you don’t want to.

For access, please give us your first name, last name and last 8 digits of your student ID.

Do that here.

A: No. That is not an outside source. That is a source provided by the PR firm.

Q: How do I attribute a quote from another news source

A: “Blah blah blah blah,” said So and So in an article in the Name Of The Paper/Website

Your test is due at 2:40. You will email the final to my gmail account. The file will be saved: lastname.final.doc (or rtf).

You will be graded on three components: use of story elements, AP Style and grammar. You must use one outside source (from research), attributed properly, in your piece. It does not have to be an entire graf — but it can be.

You must have either 2 or 3 body grafs. No more. No less. You will make a decision on the nutgraf, summary and kicker based upon your research.

Your story at PR Newswire. Once you get there:

1. Click on the MULTIMEDIA tab across the top.
2. Your story: MULTIMEDIA NEWS RELEASE - National PSA Campaign Launched to Empower Teens to Take on Their No. 1 Killer

You can use the related links, video and press release for the story.

When I mark a correction (look up AP Style titles, for instance), when you do that — DELETE MY COMMENT from your paper.

Two reasons:

1. it will show up in your final (without markup) and if you turn that in, you will fail the assignment because the copy isn’t clean. A final with random statements in it? No.
2. you will not be able to follow my edits if you constantly have a stream of corrections in your copy

I’m working on all your stories today. I’m a day late, so I’ll push back your MONDAY STORIES until Wednesday.

No freaking out.

Each semester, I offer to take all my students out after the last class. If more than five of you want to meet, I’m happy to buy the  first round of adult beverages for those 21 and over and the first round of tea and such for the rest of us.

I normally do the gathering at The Strauss Haus in Mainstrasse Village because 1) they have a deck that is both covered and uncovered and 2) I went to high school with the owners.

We’ll meet at 4 pm (to give my JOU kids some time to take a deep breath).

If you are interested, please post a comment on this post so I can keep track.

Happy hunting.