Write a short post about 3-5 things about Athens that surprise you, intrigue you, confuse you, annoy you, or make you happy. Just short descriptions of each one. If you're having trouble, drive or walk around and talk to your friends or others. Post in the Slack channel prep1_quickhits.

Thursday

8/26/2021

9:35 AM

Learn the World

Class

Research 1: The basics

Monday

8/30/2021

11:59 PM

Learn the World

Homework

In two posts in prep02_reax, cover two items:

Note common points of intrigue between your post from last week and at least two classmates'.

Take one of your points and find at least three stories, blogs, or social-media posts about it. Post quick summaries of and links to them.

Tuesday

8/31/2021

9:35 AM

Learn the World

Class

Research 2: getting beyond the basics

Wednesday

9/1/2021

11:59 PM

Learn the World

Homework

Find at least 3 news stories about your topic. Make a list of people quoted. Did the reporter capture all the relevant perspectives? Are there other people s/he should have contacted? Write up your findings (including links when possible) and post in prep03_sourcing

Read

this exchange

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and come prepared to consider what having a diversity of perspectives might mean for your stories.

Thursday

9/2/2021

9:35 AM

Learn the World

Class

Identifying sources

Monday

9/6/2021

11:59 PM

Learn the World

Homework

Make a list of at least five people who have local knowledge of the topic you're working on. Then, find five national expertsーlook for professors who research similar issues or people from national associationsーwho can provide broader perspectives on this topic. Post to prep04_experts.

Tuesday

9/7/2021

9:35 AM

Learn the World

Class

Developing questions and story ideas

Wednesday

9/8/2021

11:59 PM

Learn the World

Homework

Go to a place that is related to your story idea. Take at least two pictures. Write down what you see, hear, smell/taste. Talk to people there if possible. Write a short blog describing your place and how it relates to your topic area and post (with pix) to prep05_places.

Thursday

9/9/2021

9:35 AM

Learn the World

Class

Writing, place descriptions, and story ideation

Monday

9/13/2021

11:59 PM

Learn the world

Homework

Read this piece on

Ethics and sources

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and this one on

less-extractive reporting

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. Which of its suggestions seem most obvious to you? Which are strangest/most surprising? Post a note to the homework03_source_ethics channel.

Tuesday

9/14/2021

9:35 AM

Learn the world

Class

Comparing (and improving) interviews

Wednesday

9/15/2021

11:59 PM

Learn the world

Prep

Complete at least one interview with a source and share a recording or a transcript with Suggs and with your partner.

From your research and your interviews, post a list of at least five one-sentence story ideas to the prep06_storyideas channel.

Thursday

9/16/2021

9:35 AM

Learn the world

Class

Beat memo workshop

Friday

9/17/2021

11:59 PM

Learn the world

Assignment

Beat memo due

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