For your articles this week I am want you to read these two from the Washington Post.
1. Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32
2. A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.
There is also an optional article from the The Atlantic about the situation.
The first is the first article the Post wrote about Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore and his alleged contacts with teenaged girls while he was an attorney in his 30s. The article is long so give yourself time to read. I want you to focus on what the Post reporter does to tell a complex story, how the writer endeavors to confirm the allegations, and how the writer endeavors to tell a balanced story. The second is an article about a failed attempt to expose the Post as creating partisan false news. As you read that one consider what it says about journalistic ethics and attacks on the media.
You have another practice article to write. Same format as last time, but this one is a feature story. I will pass out the article information in class. Your 500-word article is due next Friday.
Your first revised article for this issue of the Mirada are due Tuesday. Article two is due Thursday. We come out Dec. 8. Final deadline is Thursday Dec 7. Work nights each night next week.
1. Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32
2. A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.
There is also an optional article from the The Atlantic about the situation.
The first is the first article the Post wrote about Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore and his alleged contacts with teenaged girls while he was an attorney in his 30s. The article is long so give yourself time to read. I want you to focus on what the Post reporter does to tell a complex story, how the writer endeavors to confirm the allegations, and how the writer endeavors to tell a balanced story. The second is an article about a failed attempt to expose the Post as creating partisan false news. As you read that one consider what it says about journalistic ethics and attacks on the media.
You have another practice article to write. Same format as last time, but this one is a feature story. I will pass out the article information in class. Your 500-word article is due next Friday.
Your first revised article for this issue of the Mirada are due Tuesday. Article two is due Thursday. We come out Dec. 8. Final deadline is Thursday Dec 7. Work nights each night next week.