Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Welcome to the class blog!

As part of our sports reporting class, students will be required to contribute to this blog on a regular basis throughout the semester.

Students will be expected to post a new entry each week. The entry will have to do with a story from a New York / NJ newspaper -- NY Post, NY Daily News, NY Times, Newsday, Newark Star-Ledger, Bergen Record, Westchester Journal News -- that caught your interest. 

Your post should be about 200 words in length, and you can focus it however you want. Perhaps you'll give an opinion on the subject. Or perhaps you'll discuss the reporting that was involved in the story. Your goal is to make your post interesting and thought-provoking. And make sure to include a link to the story.

In addition to doing one new entry a week, students must also comment on AT LEAST two recent entries from other students.

This assignment will account for 10 percent of your final grade.