So sorry that some of you arrived after we shot this photo. It was a wonderful class. Do make sure that you upload your Conflict Stories (published and tagged) and that all of your posts have your name on them. Add multi-media, too.
Happy Holidays (almost) to all! And Happy New Year!
Roslyn Bernstein
Photo credit: Glenda Hydler
Below are the required components/ingredients of your conflict story. Please add this sheet to the hard copy that you give me and check off all of the ingredients included:
Dear Feature Writers,
Several of you have chosen the subject of Affordable Housing for your final Conflict Story project. Do read the editorial in today’s New York Times on the subject. Note the opposition from various neighborhood Community Boards:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/opinion/affordable-housing-vs-gentrification.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Also worth reading: Priced Out, and Moving On about gentrification in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
RB
Please answer the following questions on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ American Girl, a profile of Michelle Obama. Answers are to be uploaded by 6PM on Monday, November 23rd.
What is the theme of Ta Nehisi-Coates”s profile? Is there an overarching narrative? What surprises Coates about Michelle Obama? How does Coates contextualize Michelle in the context of his own background growing up in Baltimore?
Note: Coates has just received The National Book Award for Non-fiction for his new book, Between The World and Me. Do read it!
Recently, the NYT ran a story with the headline, “Stuyvesant To be Near Deal to Preserve Middle Class Housing.” See link below
Amy Fox’s story on Stuyvesant Town focuses on another theme–its history.
How is the recent story related to the Fox’s piece?
Kayle sent this email to me.
An email from Mr. Porter:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/upshot/a-15-minimum-wage-but-why-just-for-fast-food-workers.html
Please answer this question in a blog post:
Critic Philip Hamburger has described Back Where I Came From as a “love letter to the City of New York.”
Do you agree or disagree? If so, how and why does Liebling express his views? What techniques does he use as a reporter/writer?
Tuesday: October 27 first draft business features due
Reminder: Read Eduardo Porter’s NYT columns:
Tuesday, October 20th: We will be discussing and analyzing the format and reporting in two of the business journalism handouts that I gave you: the Ladders of Memory and Bodegas Declining. Pay attention to 1) multiple voices and sources 2) leads 3) nut grafs 4) how quotes are used in the stories 5) how the reporters move from idea to idea–weaving material together 6) how statistics are used in the stories.
Evening event: Room 750/Library Building: Harman Reading by Eduardo Halfon. Extra credit will be given for a 250 word feature on the reading. Reception at 5:30 and reading at 6:00 to 7:30 PM>
Due for Thursday: October 22nd--Please give a careful reading to Eduardo Porters’s economic columns. He selected them for you because each one raises issues that are relevant to reporters who are covering small businesses.Please think about how these larger issues relate to the small business stories that you are covering and try to develop some specific questions for Mr. Porter.