B2
JOURNALISM 4606/7306
BROADCAST TWO
SPRING 2015
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Willis Frogge
froggee@missouri.edu
Office: (573) 882-6517
280 B Gannett Hall
Office hours:
Monday 10-11 a.m., 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday 11 a.m.-noon
Wednesday 9-11 a.m. 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Thursday 11 a.m.-noon, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m.-noon
Lectures: T/Th 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Labs A-E 1-3:20 p.m.
Lab G 7-9 p.m. – Eric Blumberg
278 Gannett Hall
278 Gannett Hall
278 Gannett Hall
Lab Office: (573) 884-6439
Computer Lab: (573) 882-0015
GTA: Lee Anne Denyer
ladp54@mail.missouri.edu
510-303-8672
BOOKS
Television Field Production and Reporting by Fredric Shook (S)
It Takes More Than Good Looks by Wayne Freedman (F)
Aim for the Heart by Al Tompkins (Graduate students only)
Sound Reporting by Jonathan Kern (Radio only) (K) [Available on ERES]
ERES password is frogge
COURSE OBJECTIVE
You will polish the skills needed to be a professional broadcast storyteller.
Television students will earn their way from the classroom to the KOMU
newsroom. Radio students will continue advanced work at KBIA. By the time you
complete this class, you should be proficient in finding story ideas, interviewing,
writing, standups, live shots and some on-camera performance.
GRADING
Your work will be grouped into 5 areas:
Quizzes – 20%
Exams – 20%
Lab Work – 20%
KOMU/KBIA Work – 20%
Web Work – 20%
SCALE
A+ 100-98
A
97-92
A- 91-90
B+ 89-88
B
87-82
B- 81-80
C+ 79-78
C 77-72
C- 71-70
D+ 69-68
D 67-62
D- 61-60
F 59-0
*All assignments are due BEFORE the beginning of the specified
class period. Video must be on the server and written assignments
must be on my classroom desk. All late work will be penalized, 10
points if not in by deadline, 30 additional points if not in by the end of
the day, (4:30 p.m. in the box outside my office), and an additional 10
points for each day late. Story ideas will be penalized 2 points for
being late and will not be accepted after lab is over. ALL WORK
MUST BE DONE OR YOU WILL RECEIVE AN “F” FOR THE
SEMESTER!! A written doctor’s excuse is needed to get an
“incomplete” grade rather than an “F”.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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Graduate students must write a 1500 word MA level book report detailing
how you can use the principles in Al Tompkins “Aim for the Heart” in your
reporting. Due 3/19
Graduate students’ grades in all courses counting toward an advanced
degree may be reported as plus/minus. The Graduate School considers
grades of C+, C and C- as passing grades; however, grades in the C
range may not be acceptable for specific programmatic requirements and
may result in the student being unable to maintain a 3.0 cumulative
average.
QUIZZES
Reading or news quizzes will be given in lecture nearly every day. Have the
readings done before class, and consistently stay on top of local, state, national
and international news. Quizzes are given at the beginning of class. If you are
late, you will not be allowed to take one.
EXAMS
You will take 4 exams throughout the semester testing your knowledge of
writing/grammar, the KOMU cameras or multi-track editing for KBIA, interviewing
skills, and covering courts, law enforcement and government.
You may retake the writing/grammar exam once. You will be given advance
notice on the syllabus and in class as to when ALL exams will be given.
LAB WORK
Most of the labs are devoted story pitch meetings and critiques of your work.
Some will also include exercises in on-air performance including stand-ups and
live shots.
Beginning the second week of class, you must bring three well-researched story
ideas to each lab. Use the story idea sheet. You can earn up to 20 additional
points by pitching good stories. Those points are added to your weekly quiz
score. Story ideas turned in after lab will not receive any points.
KOMU TRANSITION
TV students have five KOMU components to complete.
1. Shadow Shifts: Finish by March 3
2. Avid and iNews Test: Schedule once you’ve been cleared by Frogge.
*You must take your tests within one week after you’re cleared. If you
do not pass, you must continue to retake them until you do.
3. Digital Reporting Shift: Schedule this and your two daily shifts with Randy
AFTER you’ve passed the timed Avid editing and iNews scripting tests.
4. Two Daily Reporting Shifts: *You have three weeks total to complete
your KOMU digital reporting shift and daily shifts after passing your
Avid and iNews tests.
5. One Enterprise Story: Schedule with the Jeimmie immediately after you’ve
completed your digital reporting and daily shifts. *You have two weeks to
complete your enterprise story once you’ve finished your daily
shifts.
SHADOW SHIFTS
TV students will work at least four shadow shifts at KOMU. You must shadow a
general assignment reporter, a morning live reporter, a producer, and a live truck
operator. To schedule your shifts, look at the KOMU schedule page
http://mykomu.com/schedules.html to see what’s available. Click on “Fall” and
scroll to the bottom to see the B2 shifts. Email Randy Reeves at
reevesr@missouri.edu with all four mandatory choices at the same time. This is
first-come first served. Be specific about the date and time you want.
You must write a one-page review due the very next lecture following your shift.
In the top left corner include your name, the shift (i.e. producer shadow) and the
date. All KOMU shadow shifts and papers are due 10/7. Grades for your papers
are included in the “lab” component of this class.
AVID AND iNEWS TEST
After you are cleared to begin work at KOMU, you must first pass an Avid and
iNews test before you can sign up for the shifts. Since some aspects are different
from the campus lab, you will want to review KOMU procedures before cold
taking the test.
When you show up for the test, you’ll be given an unformatted script and video
cards to upload the video for a package. You must capture the video, voice the
script, edit the package, and have the video approved in 60 minutes or less. If the
supervisor has to make more than a very few corrections, you fail the test and
will have to retake it.
Once you pass the video portion, you’ll be required to write up the script for the
package you just edited in iNews. Then write a VO/SOT/VO to go with it. You do
not have to edit the video for the VO/SOT/Vo. There’s no time limit on this, but
you’ll have to stay until you get it right.
KOMU DIGITAL REPORTING AND DAILY SHIFTS
After you’ve passed, you will need to email Randy Reeves and sign up for one
digital reporting shift and two daily reporting shifts the same way you signed
up for shadow shifts. During all of these shifts you will be expected to pitch story
ideas.
During the digital reporting shift, you will shadow a daily reporter like you did at
the beginning of the semester. However, you will be in charge of tweeting the
story @komunews AND writing the web story for the reporter. You are also
encouraged to help the reporter shoot their story and may help them write and
edit recuts. This extra shift is to give you additional experience to become familiar
with the KOMU workflow before you begin your own daily shifts.
During the daily reporting shifts, plan to follow through with a vosot possibly
fronted live in the field or in studio. Occasionally your story might require graphics
instead of or in addition to video. You could (on rare occasion) end up doing a
package. You will be graded accordingly.
You must work the shifts you sign up for!!! An unexcused absence from a shift
means your KOMU grade will be dropped by 10%. Two no-shows and you fail
the class.
For both the digital and daily reporting shifts, you will either report at 8 a.m., noon
or 5 p.m. Expect to work six hours or as long as it takes to complete your
assignment for the next newscast and recuts for later newscasts.
When you arrive back from the field, you must get a web story approved before
writing a television script. Once you have finished your work for TV, go back to
the web and add quotes and post video.
KOMU ENTERPRISE STORIES
After you’ve completed the daily shifts, you will also produce one enterprise
package for air on KOMU. You will need to pitch your idea to Randy to make
sure no other students are also working on it and that it is KOMU acceptable.
Once you have your story, email me with the focus statement and a brief
description of what you’re working on. Your enterprise deadline is two weeks
after you complete your second daily shift.
You must turn in EVERYTHING you do at KOMU for this class in the lab
immediately following your shift. You must post a digital copy of your story
including anchor intro and tag to the server. Also bring a printed copy of your
script, web story, reporter’s checklist and a one-pager detailing what you learned.
If your story does not air, you must still get it off Avid and turn it in for grading.
KBIA
KBIA students immediately should begin working under the direction of KBIA
Interim News Director Ryan Famuliner. You should be turning in reports by the
second week’s lab and turn in either a feature or long wrap in each lab thereafter.
Like television reporting students, you will pitch stories at each lab and are
responsible for turning in story idea sheets. You must also hand in a reporter’s
checklist and a web article to compliment each radio story.
WEB WORK
For every television or radio script you produce, you will also write a web story.
These must contain additional information and should also have extra elements
not found in your on-air story such as links, maps, charts and/or photos.
You will also get points for tweeting your story to @MUBroadcast2. Now is the
time to obtain a professional Twitter handle.
NO LAPTOPS, E-TABLETS OR PHONES
ALLOWED IN CLASS UNLESS NOTED
CALENDAR
(S = Shook)
(F = Freedman)
(K = Kern)
WEEK 1
READING: CH 1 (S) CH 1,2 (F) {Radio students do CH 1,3 (K)}
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Tues. 1/20 Introduction
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Thurs. 1/22 Story Ideas
LAB: ON CAMERA PEFORMANCE
(Monday lab must attend another lab this week)
WEEK 2
READING: CH 2-4 (S) {Radio students do CH 4,5 (K)}
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Tues. 1/27 Writing for the Web ((Bring your laptop to class))
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Thurs. 1/29 Composition
LAB: STORY IDEAS/LAB CAMERAS AND EDITING
WEEK 3
READING: CH 8-10 (S) {Radio students do CH 6}
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Tues. 2/3 FOCUS
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Tues. 2/5 Pregnant I
LAB: STORY IDEAS/DAILY SHIFT 1, VO/SOT/VO due
WEEK 4
READING: CH 12 (S) CH 11 (F)
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Tues. 2/10 Stand-ups
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Thurs. 2/12 Shorter, Sharper, Stronger
LAB: STORY IDEAS/ENTERPRISE PKG #1 due
WEEK 5
READING: CH 7 (S) CH 3 (F)
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Tues. 2/17 Interviewing I ((WRITING EXAM))
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Thurs. 2/19 Interviewing II
LAB: STORY IDEAS/DAILY SHIFT #2 ONSET VO/SOT due
WEEK 6
READING: CH 11 (S) CH 4,5 (F) {Radio students do CH 8,9}
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Tues. 2/24 Interviewing III
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Thur. 2/26 Confrontational Interviewing
LAB: STORY IDEAS/ENTERPRISE PKG #2 due
WEEK 7
READING: CH 6,7 (F) KOMU camera manual (Eres)
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Tues. 3/3 Stress ((INTERVIEWING EXAM, All KOMU Shadow Shifts
Must be Completed))
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Thurs. 3/5 Reporter’s Backpack
LAB: RADIO EXCUSED(NO STORY IDEAS) KOMU CAMERA TRAINING @
KOMU; DAILY SHIFT #3, VO/SOT/VO due
WEEK 8
READING: App. B (S) CH 18 (F) KOMU camera manual (Eres)
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Tues. 3/10 Performance Pyramid
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Thurs. 3/12 Digital reporting beyond the basics
LAB: STORY IDEAS, STAND-UPS and ENTERPRISE PKG #3 due
WEEK 9
READING: CH 13 (S) CH 12 (F) KOMU camera manual (Eres) {Radio students
do CH 12 (K)}
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Tues. 3/17 KOMU Survival guide ((KOMU CAMERA/KBIA EDITING
EXAM))
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Thurs. 3/19 Live Shots((Masters students turn in Tompkins Report))
LAB: STORY IDEAS and DAILY SHIFT #4 ONSET VO/SOT due
WEEK 10
SPRING BREAK!!
WEEK 11
READING: CH 8-10 (F)
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Tues. 3/31 Spot news ((WRITING EXAM TAKE 2 @ 10:15))
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Thurs. 4/2 Investigative reporting
LAB: RADIO EXCUSED (NO STORY IDEAS) CUT-IN TRAINING @KOMU
ENTERPRISE PKG #4 due
WEEK 12
READING: CH 13-15 (F) Court Process, MO Sunshine Law
http://ago.mo.gov/sunshinelaw
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Tues. 4/7 Developing Beats and Sources
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Thurs. 4/9 Covering Crime and Justice
LAB: STORY IDEAS/LIVE SHOTS/ENTERPRISE PKG #5 due
WEEK 13
READING: CH 17,19,20 (F)
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Tues. 4/14 Covering Government
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Thurs. 4/16 Business reporting Capitol Building Tour 1:30
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Fri. 11/14 Capitol Building Tour 1:30
LAB: STORY IDEAS/BREAKING NEWS/STATION WORK
WEEK 14
READING: http://www.mdn.org/mogov
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Tues. 4/21 Trauma and Tragedy ((CRIME, JUSTICE and GOVERNMENT
EXAM))
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Thurs. 4/23 Sports reporting
LAB: STORY IDEAS/STATION WORK
WEEK 15
READING: CH 14,15 (S) CH 16 (F)
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Tues. 4/28 Story ideas #2
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Thurs. 4/30 Ethics
LAB: STORY IDEAS/STATION WORK
WEEK 16
READING: CH 21-23 (F)
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Tues. 5/5 Graphics magic
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Thurs. 5/7 Frogge’s Final Thoughts/evaluations
LAB: STATION WORK
Thursday May 7 is Stop Day. All work turned in from then on will
need to be put on the server in the “After last lab” folder and the
paperwork put in the box outside my door.
Other Materials:
SD Cards:
The lab cameras use 4 or 8 GB SDHC memory cards made by Panasonic,
Toshiba and SanDisk. Off brands may not work! Pay attention to the “class” of
the card. (That’s the number inside the circle) Class determines how quickly data
transfers from the card. The higher the number, the faster the card. Canon
recommends using SD speed class 4, 6 or 10. You should have at least one
extra card to keep your raw video until your project has been edited, uploaded
and graded.
Laptop:
You’ll need a laptop to dub your KOMU work from the station’s TIVO or Avid.
External Hard Drive:
You may want this to store your work and working files. You will need it to keep
edited KOMU packages that might disappear from the server before they air. A
flash drive is adequate for transferring your finished work from KOMU and KBIA
to the server.
EXTRA CREDIT
Each of the following is worth an extra 50 points. You will write a 200-word
reflection of what you learned in each case. I’m not interested in a play-by-play of
what you saw and heard but more about the takeaway points and how they might
benefit you in your journalism career. All papers are due in the LECTURE
following the tour, lesson or shift.
Capitol Tour w/ Phill Brooks…
State Capitol. Meet Phill Brooks at the MU newsroom (the information desk can
give you directions), and come back with information on the dress code, where to
park, where to do stand-ups and interviews, where committees meet and where
you can set up to cover the Senate, House and committee meetings. You’ll find
out the best ways to contact legislators and get interviews both in and out of
session. If you worked for Phill in the previous semester, you can just write up
the one-pager (starting with the fact that you worked in JC) and answer all the
questions above. If you choose not to do this assignment, you will still be
accountable for knowing the answers to these questions on the government
exam!
Missouri Honor Medalist Master Classes
Each fall the J-School awards Missouri Honor Medals to top achievers in
Journalism. Each recipient is required to teach a Master Class, or to give some
sort of presentation. This year, Audie Cornish will be presenting for B2. We will
attend as a class. In order to get extra credit, you must not only write about what
you learned from her lesson but also attend another master class and write about
it.
Extra KOMU Shadow Shift
In addition to the four required KOMU shadow shifts, you can pick up an
additional shift shadowing three newsroom roles: the production assistant, desk
assistant and digital producer. These jobs are vital to the success of newsroom
operations. You do NOT have to schedule a time in advance for this shift, but
make sure you talk to ALL 3 people serving these positions.
Academic Honesty
Academic honesty is fundamental to the activities and principles of a university. All
members of the academic community must be confident that each person's work
has been responsibly and honorably acquired, developed and presented. Any effort
to gain an advantage not given to all students is dishonest whether or not the effort
is successful.
Academic misconduct includes but is not limited to the following:
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Use of materials from another author without citation or attribution.
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Use of verbatim materials from another author without citation or
attribution.
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Extensive use of materials from past assignments without permission of your
instructor.
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Extensive use of materials from assignments in other classes without
permission of your instructor.
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Fabricating information in news or feature stories, whether for publication
or not.
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Fabricating sources in news or feature stories, whether for publication or
not.
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Fabricating quotes in news or feature stories, whether for publication or not.
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Lack of full disclosure or permission from editors when controversial
reportorial techniques, such as going undercover to get news, are used.
When in doubt about plagiarism, paraphrasing, quoting or collaboration, consult
with your instructor. For closed-book exams and exercises, academic misconduct
includes conferring with other class members, copying or reading someone else's
test and using notes and materials without prior permission of the instructor. For
open-book exams and exercises, academic misconduct includes copying or reading
someone else's work.
Classroom Misconduct
Classroom misconduct includes forgery of class attendance; obstruction or
disruption of teaching, including late arrival or early departure; failure to turn off
cellular telephones leading to disruption of teaching; playing games or surfing the
Internet on laptop computers unless instructed to do so; physical abuse or safety
threats; theft; property damage; disruptive, lewd or obscene conduct; abuse of
computer time; repeated failure to attend class when attendance is required; and
repeated failure to participate or respond in class when class participation is
required.
IMPORTANT: Entering a classroom late or leaving a classroom before the end of the
period can be extremely disruptive behavior. Students are asked to arrive for class
on time and to avoid early departures. This is particularly true of large lectures,
where late arrivals and early departures can be most disruptive. Instructors have
the right to deny students access to the classroom if they arrive late and have the
right to dismiss a student from the class for early departures that result in
disruptions.
Under MU policy, your instructor has the right to ask for your removal from the
course for misconduct, disruptive behavior or excessive absences. The instructor
then has the right to issue a grade of withdraw, withdraw failing or F. The instructor
alone is responsible for assigning the grade in such circumstances.
Dishonesty and Misconduct Reporting Procedures
MU faculty are required to report all instances of academic or classroom misconduct
to the appropriate campus officials. Allegations of classroom misconduct will be
forwarded immediately to MU's Vice Chancellor for Student Services. Allegations of
academic misconduct will be forwarded immediately to MU's Office of the Provost.
In cases of academic misconduct, the student will receive at least a zero for the
assignment in question.
Professional Standards and Ethics
The School of Journalism is committed to the highest standards of academic and
professional ethics and expects its students to adhere to those standards. Students
should be familiar with the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists
and adhere to its restrictions. Students are expected to observe strict honesty in
academic programs and as representatives of school-related media. Should any
student be guilty of plagiarism, falsification, misrepresentation or other forms of
dishonesty in any assigned work, that student may be subject to a failing grade from
the instructor and such disciplinary action as may be necessary under University
regulations.
Audio and Video Recordings of Classes
Students may make audio or video recordings of course activity for personal use and
review unless specifically prohibited by the faculty member in charge of the class.
However, to foster a safe learning environment in which various viewpoints are
respected, the redistribution of audio or video recordings or transcripts thereof is
prohibited without the written permission of the faculty member in charge of the
class and the permission of all students who are recorded. (Collected Rules and
Regulations, University of Missouri, Sect. 200.015, Academic Inquiry, Course
Discussion and Privacy)
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Accommodations
If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and
need assistance, please notify me immediately. The school will make reasonable
efforts to accommodate your special needs. Students are excused for recognized
religious holidays. Please let me know in advance if you have a conflict.
ADA Compliance
If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
and need assistance, please notify the Office of Disability Services, S5 Memorial
Union, 882-4696, or the course instructor immediately. Reasonable efforts will be
made to accommodate your special needs.
Religious Holidays
Students are excused for recognized religious holidays. Let your instructor know in
advance if you have a conflict.
Intellectual Pluralism
The University community welcomes intellectual diversity and respects student
rights. Students who have questions concerning the quality of instruction in this
class may address concerns to either the Departmental Chair or Divisional leader or
Director of the Office of Students Rights and Responsibilities
(http://osrr.missouri.edu/). All students will have the opportunity to submit an
anonymous evaluation of the instructor(s) at the end of the course.