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Class materials, student pages from Northern Illinois University

Class materials (Newswriting, utilizing the Web, news media issues)

JOURNALISM NEWSWRITING [J200]


• J-skills (newswriting exercises)
• Grammar Matters
• Journalism Stylebook Matters
• NIU Editor's Manual (campus stylebook)
• Northern Star [click on "archives"]
• Comparing International News Coverage

  UTILIZING THE WEB [J302]

• WebSkills
• Discussion List Skills (NewsPlace: Resources)
• Preparing Northern Notes (a manual)
• TerraServer || [pointed at DeKalb]
• Using a newspaper for ESL (Bangkok Post)

  NEWS MEDIA ISSUES [J483]
  

• Crisis Communication Plan (PR strategy)
• Crime Victims' Media Miranda Card
• Journalism Ethics (SFSU)
• National Public Radio Ethical Guidelines
• Radio-Television News Directors Association codes
• NewsPlace: Censorship

• NIU Journalism Program 2000-01 Scholarships

NIU journalism student pages (The news media, life & health, college life,
the world, TV, video & film, music, literature & the arts, sports) S

THE NEWS MEDIA


• Media-Agenda-Setting
• Sensationalism in the News
• First Amendment Rights
• Freedom of the Press
• Photojournalism
• Plagiarism

  LIFE AND HEALTH

• A Slice from Heaven (pizza)
• Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
• Guide Dogs
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Healthy Diet (nutrition and exercise)
• Loyal Order of Moose (Mooseheart)
• Social Welfare Agencies
• Stress

  COLLEGE LIFE

• College Journalist's Corner
• College Student NewsStand
• Illinois College Press
• Hot Spots in Chicago
• Road Map Directory
• Travel in Greece

  WORLD CONCERNS

• Anarchy
• China-Taiwan
• Tarot Cards
• UFOs, Aliens and Alien Abductions
• Urbanization
• Witches and Pagans
• Wolves at Yellowstone

  TELEVISION, VIDEO AND FILM

• Buffy the Dragon Slayer Drinking Game
• Sandra Bullock (film actress)
• Celebrities and the merely famous
• Robert DeNiro (actor/director)
• Lacey Chabert ("Party of Five")
• Lucille Ball
• Mel Gibson
• Seth Green
• Andy Kaufman
• Mortal Kombat - Annihilation
• Not Ordinary Mortals
• Donny Osmond
• Al Pacino
• Pulp/Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
• The Simpsons
• Star Studs (film actors)
• Larenz Tate
• Titanic: The Reality
• Toons, Toons and More Toons (TV)
• Reese Witherspoon (film actress)

  MUSIC

• The Beatles
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones (ska group)
• Buckethead (Metal)
• Jimmy Buffet
• JC Chasez of 'Nsync
• Coolio (rap deity)
• Heavy Metal
• KISS
• Lauryn Hill
• Whitney Houston
• NOFX (Punk Rock)
• Phish (improv rock band)
• Progressive Rock
• Rolling Stones
• Sleater-Kinney (Punk Rock)
• Tupac Shakur 1
• Tupac Shakur 2
• Wu-Tang Clan (rap)

  LITERATURE AND THE ARTS

• American Ballet Theatre
• Raymond Carver
• Getting Published (publishers)
• John Grisham (novelist)
• Ernest Hemingway (where he lived)
• Latina Writers
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Ramblings (poetry)
• Speculative Science Fiction

  SPORTS

• Atlanta Braves
• Baseball Stats
• Chicagoland Hoops
• Chicago White Sox
• Denver Broncos
• Detroit Red Wings
• Fantasy Baseball (National League)
• Formula 1
• NBA (professional basketball)
• Ottawa Senators (NHL)
• Penny Hardaway (Orlando Magic)
• Michael Jordan
• Dennis Rodman
• Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs)
• St. Louis Blues (NHL)
• Seattle Mariners
• University of Tennessee
• WNBA (basketball)

NorthernNotes from Northern Illinois University

Class materials updated September 2000. Professor Avi Bass (abass@niu.edu).
Student pages from the NIU journalism program's intermediate newswriting class
starting in 1996. pages from spring 2000.

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