Author Archives: Roz Bernstein

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About Roz Bernstein

Journalism Faculty

Getting Your Blog Portfolio in Order

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

Dear Feature Writers:

Please make sure that ALL of your blog work is linked to your name so that I can look at your entire portfolio! And do add comments!

Thanks,

Prof. B.

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Assignments for Tuesday, November 26th

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

Please upload a post on our reading, “A Muslim Leader in Brooklyn, Reconciling 2 World.”

1. How does the writer develop this conflict story? Do we get sources on both sides? What writing strategies are used to make this a feature story –and not a news story?

Also for Tuesday, November 26th:

Discussion of possible ledes and nut grafs for your conflict stories.

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November 19th Conflict Story Proposals Due

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

Dear Feature Writers:

Be prepared to make a presentation on your CONFLICT STORY.

What is the conflict? Who are the parties on all sides? Who are you planning to interview? What background research is relevant? Try to come in with notes, names, contact information, relevant background articles, etc.

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Blog Assignment for “The Deadly Choices at Memorial” by Sheri Fink

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

Before you answer these questions, please click on the ProPublica link (on the syllabus) and read the entire STORY. There are five parts, with extensive public commentary. I only distributed Part 1.

After you read, this material, please upload a post, answering the following questions:

1. Does the reporter, Sheri Fink, take sides in the story and, if so, where and how? If not, how does she avoid doing so?

2. What is the importance of the paragraph that begins with the sentence: “The full details of what Pou did, and why, may never be known.  (Paragraph ends with words, “arise again.” This is an important para. What role does it play in the story?

3. How does Fink organize her story?

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Small Business Final Paper

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

Just to remind you that your final small business story is to be uploaded to our class blog by noon on Sunday, October 27th. Please also bring in a copy of the final story on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s reading: Tiger Writing for Gish Jen’s Harman talk on Tuesday evening. See flyer below:

GishJenflyer

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Tuesday, October 22nd

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

Presentations on your small business stories

And workshop on your 10-12 small business photos.

bring in photos AND captions

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Photo Workshop for Small Business Stories

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

Emily Johnson will be coming to class to help you with your Small Business story photos. Please bring in 10 or 12 of them.

And write a caption for each of the photos.

 

 

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A. J. Liebling Reading

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

Read through all of the Liebling material and select one piece to critique on our blog. Please upload before class. Do not password protect this post.

Your critique should include what works and what doesn’t work with specific examples, and a discussion of the writer’s literary style.

How does Liebling’s New York compare to NYC in 2013?

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Thursday, October, 17 Small Business Story Workshop

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

SMALL BUSINESS STORIES

We will be working on your small business stories (final drafts are due next Tuesday, October 22nd). Please bring in all notes, background research, and your current draft (which should include the following: a lede, nut graf, and an outline of the story at the very least).

Before class, make the decisions regarding the design of your story: where do the different parts belong? Remember that all drafts are to be password protected when uploaded to our class blog.

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Joseph Mitchell “Joe Gould’s Secret” Questions

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Roz Bernstein

I asked you to upload a post on the Joseph Mitchell reading, Joe Gould’s Secret.

Try to answer the following questions:

How would your describe Mitchell’s writing style? Give a few examples to illustrate his techniques. Is his writing style, old-fashioned or dated? Would you call this feature writing? Mitchell wrote two profiles of Joe Gould. The first was written in 1942 and it was called, “Professor Sea Gull.” The second was published in 1964 and it was called, “Joe Gould’s Secret.” Why do you think he wrote TWO pieces on Gould? How are these profiles different?  Does Mitchell reveal his own point-0f-view on Gould in the stories? Were you surprised to learn the TRUTH about The Oral History?

Have fun writing this post! If you would like to do so, try writing it in Mitchell’s style!

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