JimMacMillan,TempleUniversity
WRITTENASSIGNMENTS
Reportingassignmentsincludethreepreliminarystories,onefinalreportandonefirst-person
response,explainedbelow.Pleasereviseandproofreadeverytextseveraltimesbefore
submission.
THEPROBLEM:Yourfirststoryshouldclearlydefinetheproblemthatyourreportingis
intendedtoaddress.Interviewatleastoneexpertoroneanecdotalsource,andaddseveral
complimentaryresources.
Firstdraftdue:January21st
Finaldraftdue:January28th
SPECTRUMOFSOLUTIONS:Yoursecondstoryshouldoutlineatleastthreeresponsetothe
problemdefinedabove.Interviewatleasttwoexpertsources,includingatleastonewhoworks
directlywithvictimsandsurvivors.Includeadditionalresources.Includephotographand
caption.
Firstdraftdue:February11th
Finaldraftdue:February18th
FOCUSINGONONESOLUTION:Yourthirdstoryshouldaddressonesolutiontoyourproblemin
greaterdepth.Considermoreaspects,suchasshortcomingsinresponsestoviolenceandwhy
successmaybelimitedorunsustained.Thisreportmayapplyasolutionfromyourprevious
assignmentoranewresponsebutmustincludeatleastonenewexpertandonenewanecdotal
subject,aswellasadditionalresources.Includephotographandcaption.
Firstdraftdue:March10th
Finaldraftdue:March17th
FINALREPORT:SOLUTIONSJOURNALISMFORM:Yourfinalreportshouldclearlydefinethe
problemyouhavebeenaddressing,thespectrumofsolutionsyouhavecovered,andincludea
broadspectrumofinterviewsubjectsandadditionalresources.Youmaydrawfromallofyour
previousreportsbutnewmayaddnewinformationaswell.Includeseveraldifferentphotos
withcaptions.
Finaldraftdue:April21