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Hofstra University

JRNL 80 Syllabus
Online Journalism
Fall 2008

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Instructor Information

Mo Krochmal, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations


Hofstra University, School of Communication
Website: http://krochmal.synthasite.com
Office Telephone: 516 463 4338
Hofstra E-mail: maurice.krochmal@hofstra.edu
Personal E-mail: mo.krochmal@gmail.com
Office: 147 Dempster Hall

Fall Semester Office Hours


Tuesday – 10:00 a.m.-11:30
Thursday – 10:00 a.m.-11:30
And, by appointment.

I believe in being available to my students and my colleagues. I am often in my office or


the NewsHub beyond my posted office hours and you are welcome you to drop by for
coaching about the course, or to bring by your resume, or to just chat.

Additionally, I can be reached through Gchat, GTalk, Facebook, IM, text message, Twitter
and via my cell phone. Tell who you are when you text me. Text is better than voice mail. I
will also be available on Skype.
Letter to Students
Dear Students,

Welcome to a confusing world where nothing remains constant, change is rapid, the future is
wildly unclear, and your career opportunities might only be limited by the breadth of your courage,
tenacity and imagination. And all of that built on top of your grasp of the basic skills of great
journalists. Today, we call it online journalism, but it is journalism, unbound and moving quickly.

This is an exciting time to enter journalism. There are many opportunities opening up as
traditional or mainstream media wrestles with how to use the new tools and capabilities of the
Internet and still fulfill its critical role in a free society -- and sustain it position as a viable
business. The new-media sector of journalism is growing and looking for new talent, energy and
ideas.

Journalism needs people who are undaunted by technology, while still dedicated to the traditional
core values and ethics of the field, and willing to overcome any obstacles to “get the story” and
get it right. You aren’t guaranteed riches, or even job security, but you can make the world a
better place through your public service in this field and do it in a job that is never boring.

By your very presence here, you are playing a part in building this medium. You aren’t the first to
take this class. You stand on the shoulders of generations of Hofstra students that have come
before you in the 60 years that this school has offered journalism classes.

We have a really ambitious agenda in front of us for the next 15 weeks. I believe in active and
project-based learning and in imparting the skills of self-teaching, a life-long skill. I am still the
teacher but learning is also your responsibility and that is a skill that will serve you well in the 21st
Century.

We can not possibly cover every portion of this unfolding craft in our short time together, but if you
come across something that we don’t cover, bring it up and we will discuss it and I will be glad to
help you learn it and share your learning with your classmates.

I have 30 years in journalism, and I’m one of the few people that can say that they worked the last
15 as an online journalist. I have worked at The New York Times as well as the Wilson Daily
Times. I have been a manager and an editor as a journalist in New York City. I have covered
General Electric, Microsoft and IBM as well as generations of startup companies, innovation and
technology in the fields of information technology and molecular biology. I’ve been on deadline in
little tiny dirt race tracks in North Carolina or on a river in Oklahoma or the pile at ground zero on
Sept. 12, 2001.

I’ve covered policy, privacy, economics, business and finance, computers, cancer, molecular
biology. I’m one of the world’s experts on microarray technology (go ahead and ask me) and the
emerging field of systems biology. I wrote about Tiger Woods when he was a 16-year-old, and
when Pete Sampras was a college student and I’ve covered over 500 high school basketball
games in rural North Carolina.

I am in my second year on the Hofstra University faculty and I have taught this course to six
previous classes since 2006.

I am so proud to be at Hofstra. Teaching online journalism here is exactly what I want to be doing.
I love being in the classroom and the NewsHub -- teaching and learning from you.
Know in advance this class requires a large commitment of your time. Understand that when you
are done, you will have earned cutting-edge skills and how to keep them sharp.

We will go through a great many applications from the Web 2.0 world. These are not fads, but are
new tools that are making an impact in journalism and in the working world. Companies are
blogging, they are creating wikis, they are on Facebook and on Twitter. Your challenge will be to
effectively apply these tools to the craft of journalism.

In short, to be successful, you must come to class, participate, do the work, and you’re your
deadlines. You don’t have to be a computer maven, just have the patience to get past the
technology so that you can actually get to the story, the reporting, the writing.

Welcome pioneers. Let’s learn and have fun doing it.


Purpose of the Course
Many of you have enrolled in this course as an elective. Your classmates in JRNL80 are print and
broadcast journalism as well as public relations majors. Soon this course will become a required
course in the Hofstra journalism curriculum. This year, JRNL 80 is joined by JRNL 10, Journalism
Tools, on the new media side of our accredited curriculum and a future prerequisite along with the
current prerequisite, JRNL 11 JRNL 11 - News Writing and Reporting.

In today’s curriculum, JRNL 80 is a structured learning opportunity to prepare you for the future of
journalism as it unfolds rapidly. The tools you use here are applicable to other courses and to the
working world.

Course Description
The Hofstra Bulletin describes this course as: A thorough introduction to the fastest growing
element of professional journalism -- online journalism. Students examine the theoretical, legal
and ethical underpinnings of this new form, while exploring the new form's connections with the
print and broadcast media. Practical skills include Web-based reporting, online news writing, and
design and construction of Web sites.

You should have an understanding of the skills you learned previously in JRNL 11. The Hofstra
Bulletin describes JRNL 11 as: Defining news and its importance in a democratic society;
structure of news-gathering process; the elements of news: introduction to basic news reporting
and writing for print and broadcast; use of the Internet as a reporting and research tool; accuracy
and fairness as journalistic imperatives. Outside community research and reporting time is
required.

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Goals

Students will:

1. Examine the theoretical, legal and ethical underpinnings of this new but fast-
growing element of journalism.
2. Understand the connection among platforms in community journalism.

Objectives

Students will:

1. Develop and use the practical skills of Web-based reporting and writing.
2. Be familiar with the functionality and application of Web 2.0 platforms.
3. Learn the practical skills of multi-media/cross-platform content gathering and
publishing as well as new skills in interaction and community-building.
4. Examine connections between online journalism and traditional print and
broadcast media.
Class and Course Logistics

If you add up the times we spend together over the period of a semester, you will see that it
hardly adds up to the working hours of just one week for a working journalist. The time we spend
in class together is really important and special. Let’s use it to the best possible advantage by
convening on time, being prepared, participating actively, thinking critically and working efficiently.

We have a lot of ground to cover. To give yourself the best chance at success, be in class, do
your work, hit your deadlines. Be positive, curious. Be courageous. I’ll help you as you develop
new skills.

The goal of this class is not to make you an HTML wizard, or a Photoshop guru, or even to make
you a "plug-and-play" intern in some newspaper's web shop. That’s knowledge you can learn
easily enough on your own, or even from an 11-year-old. In fact, much of today’s HTML coding is
automated. As a journalist, you should know how to write for any medium at the highest
standards of accuracy, ethics, and efficiency.

The goal of this course is to immerse in you an intellectual examination and use of the tools you
will need to make a meaningful contribution to an evolving field where the only constant is
change. You are entering a dynamic and relentless environment that builds on a foundation of
solid writing, ruthless editing, having "a nose for news," diligent reporting, holding a strong ethical
compass and having a willingness to try new technology to innovate and create. You must have a
great attitude about embracing change. It’s a lot and the competition is great out there as people
seek to learn these skills.

The objective of the course is to exercise and develop your writing and reporting skills, to hone
your understanding of the principles and laws of freedom of speech and the press in this
environment of change, and to know how this medium is different.

You will need to recognize that you are operating in a diverse multicultural and multilingual global
environment. Additionally, you will get practical experience in the ethical use and presentation of
images and information and be able to explain the ethical principles that guide the decisions you
make. You must demonstrate the ability to think critically, creatively and independently, and to
work within a group.

You will also be able to critically evaluate your work, and that of others. You must do the math,
and crunch the numbers, and ask questions. You will be able to critically examine new
technologies and apply them appropriately.

We will work at an extremely high level, classes will be interactive, and we will be proceeding on
various tracks concurrently. You are expected to be well read in current events and news (read
the daily editions of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsday, at the minimum)
and be prepared to always ask questions and contribute to the discussion. You’ll have help in
your development.

For every hour spent in class, I will expect you to spend two hours outside. One of the most
important skills you need in life is the ability to manage your time and juggle many projects. The
classroom is where we will set up and examine the work that you must do outside of the class
period.

I'll be here and I expect you to be here on time, and to stay for the full class. Being late is being
absent, and you will be marked that way. We have a lot to do and you will have daily, weekly and
long-term assignments that require your presence. An absence is not an excuse for not handing
in work on time.

If you miss too many classes, it is my responsibility to let the university know out of concern for
your wellness. Miss three classes, and you fall one letter grade. Doctor’s appointments and job
interviews are not excused absences.

You will soon be entering the newsroom of the future. Along the way, you will be forging lifetime
bonds of friendship and trust. You are expected to conduct yourself professionally, and
respectfully, towards your colleagues. This is a demanding class, but you aren’t alone. Your
colleagues can be a big help, so treat them with respect.

You are expected to bring to the table a grasp of grammar, style and punctuation and to turn in
clean copy and to communicate professionally in whatever medium you are using (and that
includes e-mail). And,have a sense of humor.

If needed, I will offer weekend workshops during the semester to help you with any questions you
may have on your projects and tools. I’m here for you. If office hours don’t work for you, join me
for breakfast or lunch or coffee.
Our Rules

Accuracy -- All articles are held to the highest standards for accuracy: Quotes must be exact,
names must be spelled correctly, and addresses should be accurate. Errors of this type in a piece
will result in an F.

Integrity -- "A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do." I like the simplicity of the
honor code of the U.S. Military Academy. Do not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do. As
journalists, we hold a trust in this society. We are looked upon to seek truth and serve the public.
Let us work to uphold that trust. We do not take shortcuts. If you didn’t write it, it’s not yours and
you must credit where you got it. That applies to photographs, video, or any other media you
would like to use. Credit your sources with links and citations.

Writing and reporting -- This is the foundation of any type of journalistic endeavor. You must be
able to come up with story ideas. You then must do the reporting, the writing, the editing, the re-
writing, and then, and only then, the posting, or publishing.

You will learn how to write and report for text and video for online presentation and how to collect
and produce multimedia and critically evaluate it and then publish it online. You will also evaluate
the writing and reporting of your peers.

Teamwork -- No matter what the medium, today's professional journalism requires the ability to
work well with others – editors, artists, producers, photographers, videographers, audio engineers
– and most importantly, with readers, who are empowered with the ability to fact-check your work
and to respond well beyond the letters-to-the-editor page of the newspaper. Ask Dan Rather.

You will be working in teams and your success in this class will depend on your ability to integrate
with each other.

Deadlines -- In the newsroom, if you don't make your deadline, you don't keep your job. It's just
that simple. So, know that deadlines count in this class too. Miss a deadline, score 0 points.

A skilled online journalist should: have innate multitasking ability, extreme attention to detail,
fluent skills in multimedia and personal communication, and comfort in working under the duress
of extreme deadline pressure. She should be fearless and eager to deploy new technology, able
to work collaboratively in a fast-paced team environment and successfully manage projects.

Additionally, an online journalist should understand the business/revenue issues of this medium
and realize the value of understanding and cultivating diverse communities and encouraging
interactivity with the public.

You will get experience in all of this as well as in evaluating news and online presentation,
generating news story ideas, and, of course, in lots of writing and reporting. You will go off the
campus for your reporting.

We will explore and use a head-spinning list of web 2.0 technologies. Some will work, some
won’t, but the process of managing and using all of these tools will give you a baseline of
experience to be able to adopt whatever new tool comes along.

New media -- You will learn how to write and report for Web, including the emerging channels of
blogs, vlogs, and mobile. You will learn and practice the skills of writing headlines, full and
complete captions, blurbs, and scripts to create compelling layers of reporting specific and
pertinent to the media you have selected. Also, all of this must meet the highest standards of
ethical journalism and keep the user engaged. You will take photographs, collect audio and video,
and report and write and rewrite.

Intellectual Property -- We will respect copyright. If you don’t have the rights to use it, you can
not.

This is an assignment-centered course. Each week, you will have outside tasks to perform that
build your toolkit of skills and a portfolio of content. You will have readings from the textbooks and
the web. You will conduct research, editing and writing. You will discuss and comment.

The class meetings will include lectures, small groups, critiques, presentations. You will do
deadline writing exercises, and online multimedia production. This is not a class about somebody
at the front reading, and you typing. I’m your guide, your facilitator, and your professor.

Assignments will be turned in electronically, via e-mail, and also printed out.

The class can and will be streamed onto the Internet.

Required Texts:

Advancing the Story: Broadcast Journalism in a Multimedia World. Wenger, Debora Halpern
and Potter, Deborah. Washington, DC. CQ Press. 2008.

The Associated Press Stylebook. Goldstein, Norm. New York, Associated Press. 2006.

Journalism 2.0. How to Survive and Thrive. Briggs, Mark. Knight Citizen News Network.
http://www.kcnn.org/resources/journalism_20/

Note: With the exception of the first class meeting, all assigned readings must be completed prior
to each class meeting.
Evaluation and Grading Procedures

The overall course score will be assigned based on the following criteria:

Class participation and attendance -- 25 percent


Assignments -- 20 percent
Quizzes, grammar, punctuation, style – 10 percent
Final Project -- 45 percent

Your work will be edited and you will have the chance to rewrite the assignments but you will not
receive letter grades on your reporting/writing assignments. This is a non-graded, coaching
assignment-based approach that is designed to let you concentrate on your skills, not your
grades. At midterm and at the end of the semester, we will meet and look at your work, which will
be graded at those times. At mid-semester, you will turn in a self-evaluation, detailing your
progress, what you have learned and your goals for the remainder of the semester.

Grade criteria

A = Outstanding work with excellent content, ideas, writing, reporting and style. Shows
leadership, innovation, participation, support and enthusiasm.
B = Very good work. Minor changes required.
C = Average. Requires substantial changes such as additional reporting, major rewriting
and correction of numerous style errors
D = Poor. Fundamental problems in assignments.
F = Unacceptable – late, inaccurate, incomprehensible, factual errors or misspelled
names. Plagiarism is an automatic F and will be reported for academic disciplinary action.

Grading scale

No letter grades will be given for papers, tests, quizzes or projects during the semester. You will
receive points (based on 100 for each). At the end of the semester I will add up the points and
weight them according to the percentages listed below. Your points then will determine your
grade based on this scale:

A = 95-100
A- = 90-94
B+ = 88-89
B = 84-87
B- = 80-83
C+ = 78-79
C = 74-77
C- = 70-73
D+ = 68-69
D = 64-67
F = 0-63
Standards

Every article you do for this class must be original for this class. No repurposing of other work.
You are encouraged to submit work done for this class for publication elsewhere, but not to take a
piece written for another publication and turn it in for credit here. So, if you work for the student
newspaper, or the radio station, or elsewhere, your work for this class must go through our
editorial process, and then you can publish it elsewhere. All work assigned may be posted online.

No use of art that you have not produced. No use of music that you don’t have permission to use.
If you don't own it, or haven't received specific permission to use it, it's not acceptable for use. If
it’s not your original thought, attribute it. Quotes must be accurate.

Every piece you turn in must follow these standard forms:

Date: [This is the turn-in date]


Class: JRNL 80 A or B
Professor: Mo Krochmal
Headline: [No more than 40 characters]
Byline: By Joseph Pulitzer (joe@pulitzer.com)

This is your slug. Cut and paste it to use for assignments. All assignments must be e-
mailed before class, and then printed out and brought to class. Do not print out during
class. It’s disturbing. Do not format your work with indentions; turn off fancy quote marks
and other Microsoft Word formatting.

In an e-mail, you must follow guidelines for subject lines: Just write class name and section, and
the title of the assignment. All pieces may be posted. In a notebook, you will keep a hard copy of
the assignment, the edits, and rewrites. Newer work will go after previous work. Get an e-mail
and a phone number for all sources. This information must be included in your notebook and e-
mailed to me with every assignment. You will also post your final rewrites to a portfolio site that
you will set up.

On your assignments, basic grammatical spelling and style errors will be indicated. You will be
expected to discover and correct what you did incorrectly using the style guide and/or other
resources.

Headlines are required and will follow New York Times style (mixing uppercase and lowercase)
and will be judged as strictly as the writing that follows. All work will have a headline that is
compelling, and grammatically correct.

Articles will have a lede, a nut and a kicker. All will include appropriate and specific links.
Multimedia will be captioned, people will be identified, photogs/videographers/creators will be
credited.

No unidentified or anonymous sources unless approved by the professor. You can not interview
your family or friends for an article for this class. Wikipedia links are not acceptable. A list from
Lexis-Nexis is not acceptable either.

The Schedule

This semester, we will have the presidential debates and the presidential election to cover.
We will start by building your multimedia reporting skills and knowledge, then go into campaign
coverage mode and culminate in a final project, a multimedia article for consideration for
publication in NassauNews.org, the school’s hyperlocal journalism online publication.

Course Calendar

The following schedule is subject to change: we are in journalism and news events sometimes
dictate a change in the path we walk. That is part and parcel of the business. Additionally, I
reserve the right to change the schedule to reflect your abilities and needs.

Following is an outline of the topics we will cover by week. You will have readings, you will write,
you will edit your colleague’s work, and you will collect lots of URLs for your portfolio.

Tuesday, Sept. 2-Wednesday, Sept. 3


Class 1 -- Introduction, Background

Reading Assignment: “How to: Search for Information on Social Networking Sites.
http://www.journalism.co.uk/7/articles/531651.php Posted 30/05/08 By Colin Meek on
Journalism.co.uk.

Assignment for Next Class: You will prepare a short professional profile of yourself
suitable for publication. This describes your skills and aspirations and highlights. Also,
include links to previously published materials and other references -- including social
networks. This will not include highly personal information, please.

Summarize the reading into three sentences. Then, write a short research note about
how journalists are participating in social networks. Find 5 working journalists on
Facebook. Provide links to their FB profiles.

Thursday, Sept. 4-Monday, Sept. 10


Class No. 2 – Writing

Reading – Advancing the Story, Ch.7,

“Writing for the Web,” (pp. 167-191)

Assignment – Write a short essay that explains the differences in writing for various
media and why this is important. Create a check-off “cheat” sheet to use when writing to
remind yourself of the basics.

Tuesday, Sept. 9-Monday, Sept. 15


Class No. 3 – Content Management

Assignment – Create your portfolio home page using Synthasite. List your accounts and
profiles.

Reading – Advancing the Story, Ch. 2, “Reporting the Story” (pp 23-42)

Select your beat for the semester and prepare a pitch to convince an editor to pick you.

Thursday, Sept. 11-Wednesday, Sept. 17


Class No. 4 – Interviewing
Assignment – Prepare a list of 5 questions you would ask on a topical news item. Create
a help sheet to tutor yourself when using MovieMaker.

Reading – Go through the tutorial “Creating Movies with Windows MovieMaker”


http://www.aiken.k12.sc.us/Schools/MVHS/website/mslong/teachers/movie2.html

Tuesday, Sept. 16-Monday, Sept. 22


Class No. 5 – Video

Reading: Advancing the Story, Ch. 3 “Multimedia Newsgathering” (pp 54-80)

Thursday, Sept. 18-Wednesday,Sept. 24


Class No. 6 Video Editing

Assignment – With a Flipcam, record yourself reading your edited profile. Post to Blip.tv.
Identify the correct embedded link and post it on your portfolio site.

Reading – Journalism 2.0, “Shooting and Managing Digital Photos,” Ch. 8

Tuesday, Sept. 23-Monday, Sept. 28


Class No. 7 – Photography

Assignment – Take a series of five photographs that tell a story of a campus news event.
Identify everyone in the pictures, write a caption, and insert your photo credit. Post in
correct order on Flickr.

Reading -- Journalism 2.0, “Digital Audio and Podcasting,” Ch. 7

Thursday, Sept. 25-Monday, Oct. 6


Class No. 8 – Audio

Assignment – Students will record natural sound and VOTs and edit them into a short
piece without voice-over narration using Audacity.

Reading – Journalism 2.0, “New Reporting Methods” Ch. 4.


Advancing the Story, Ch. 8, “Producing for the Web” (pp 192-218).

Thursday, Oct. 2-Wednesday, Oct. 8


Class No. 9 – Data and spreadsheets

Assignment – Find no less than five examples of the journalistic application of these
new data techniques and reporting. Identify five databases that are relevant to your beat
and explain why. Write a caption for a link to a database, and then cut and paste data into
a Google documents spreadsheet and sort and provide that link in your caption.

Reading – Prepare debate briefing sheets for your beat.


Tuesday, Oct. 7-Monday, Oct. 13
Class No. 10 – Debate Preparation

Assignment – Align your beat with domestic and economic policy issues likely to be
debated by the presidential candidates. Answer the question: Who on my beat should I
interview to get a view on how policy might affect this community? Write a memo, with
headline and links to propose this piece of reporting and answer the “Why?” question.

Reading – Search the news for breaking news on the debate issues and write a blog
entry summarizing no less than five articles, with links to the original pieces.

Tuesday, Oct. 14-Wednesday, Oct. 15


Class No. 11 – Debate

Assignment – Reporting plan for debate day.

Reading -- Search the news for breaking news on US domestic and economic policy
issues and write a blog entry summarizing no less than five articles, with links to the
original pieces.

Monday, Oct. 20-Thursday, Oct. 16


Class No. 12 – Debate Coverage Postmortem

Assignment – You will be required to submit at least one report.

Reading – Review for midterm.

Tuesday, Oct. 21-Wednesday, Oct. 22


Class No. 13 – Midterm

You will be tested on the concepts and ideas addressed in Classes 1-12.

Thursday, Oct. 23-Monday, Nov. 3


Class No. 14 – Presidential Election Preparation

Thursday, Oct. 30-Wednesday, Nov. 5


Class No. 15 – Presidential Election Preparation

Tuesday, Nov. 4, Monday, Nov. 10


Class No. 16 – Presidential Election Coverage

Our NewsHub-based coverage will go on throughout the day and into the evening as the
country votes. You will be sending in reports from the field with videos, photographs and
text.

Assignment – Required to report from the field.

Reading – Advancing the Story, Ch. 1, “The Multimedia Mindset.”

Thursday, Nov. 6, Wednesday, Nov. 12


Class No. 17 – Final Project
Assignment: With your final project in mind, you will start your research by writing a
subject pitch with no less than 10 links supporting your request approval of your project
subject.

Reading – Advancing the Story, Ch. 6, “Visual Storytelling.” (pp 139-166)

Tuesday, Nov. 11-Monday, Nov. 17


Class No. 18 – Final Project

Assignment – Sources are extremely important for the success of your project. You have
to find at least 10 potential sources, provide their titles and contact information, list why
they are important and assess your chances for getting them to speak with you.

Thursday, Nov. 13-Wednesday, Nov. 19


Class No. 19 – Final Project

Assignment – You will turn in a project plan, with a calendar and milestones.

Tuesday, Nov. 18-Monday, Nov. 24


Class No. 20 – Final Project

Assignment – You will present a progress memo on your reporting.

Wednesday, Nov. 26-Thursday, Nov. 20


Class No. 21 – Final Project

Assignment – You will present a progress memo on your reporting.

Tuesday, Nov. 25-Monday, Dec. 1


Class No. 22 – Final Project

Assignment – Rough draft of your final project is due. You will present for critique.

Tuesday, Dec. 2-Wednesday, Dec. 4


Class No. 23 – Final Project

Assignment – Edits due, CMS locked.

Thursday, Dec. 4-Monday Dec. 8


Class No. 24 – Final Project

Class will collaborate to select order of presentation of final projects and break
into groups to create script and workflows for live-stream presentation.

Tuesday, Dec. 9-Wednesday, Dec. 10


Class No. 25 – Final Project

Class will rehearse live-stream presentation of final projects.

Thursday, Dec. 11-Monday, Dec. 15


Class No. 26 – Final Project Finale

Students will create a live news show to publish their stories on Nassau News and streamcast on
the World Wide Web. Students will also live blog the program on several social media channels
and interact with watchers on a real-time basis, answering questions and comments.
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JRNL 80 Fall 2008


Section A M-W Section B T-T
1 Monday, Sept. 3 Tuesday, Sept. 2
2 Monday, Sept. 10 Thursday, Sept. 4
3 Monday, Sept. 15 Tuesday, Sept. 9
Wednesday, Sept. Thursday, Sept.
4 17 11
5 Monday, Sept. 22 Tuesday, Sept. 16
Wednesday, Sept. Thursday, Sept.
6 24 18
7 Monday, Sept. 29 Tuesday, Sept. 23
Thursday, Sept.
8 Monday, Oct. 6 25
9 Wednesday, Oct. 8 Thursday, Oct. 2
1
0 Monday, Oct. 13 Tuesday, Oct. 7
1
1 Wednesday, Oct. 15 Tuesday, Oct. 14
1
2 Monday, Oct. 20 Thursday, Oct. 16
1
3 Wednesday, Oct. 22 Tuesday, Oct. 21
1
4 Monday, Nov. 3 Thursday, Oct. 23
1
5 Wednesday, Nov. 5 Thursday, Oct. 30
1
6 Monday, Nov. 10 Tuesday, Nov. 4
1
7 Wednesday, Nov. 12 Thursday, Nov. 6
1
8 Monday, Nov. 17 Tuesday, Nov. 11
1
9 Wednesday, Nov. 19 Thursday, Nov. 13
2
0 Monday, Nov. 24 Tuesday, Nov. 18
2
1 Wednesday, Nov. 26 Thursday, Nov. 20
2
2 Monday, Dec. 1 Tuesday, Nov. 25
2
3 Wednesday, Dec. 4 Tuesday, Dec. 2
2
4 Monday, Dec. 8 Thursday, Dec. 4
2
5 Wednesday, Dec. 10 Tuesday, Dec. 9
2
6 Monday, Dec. 15 Thursday, Dec. 11
How to Use the Syllabus
Print this out and place it in a binder. It will serve as your roadmap through the semester. It will
also be available for you online.

How to Study for this Course

This is course where you need to stay current. The assignments build on each other and the key
is to work with the technology, patiently. If you encounter a roadblock, reach out to your
colleagues, myself or the Internet community. Do the reading, collect URLs, learn cut-and-paste
and write quickly. Then print out and edit yourself, forgetting that the words are your sweet little
treasures. Cut out the junk and get to the point. Make your deadlines and learn from the editing
process.
Disabilities

If you have any documented disability-related concerns that may have an impact upon your
performance in this course, please meet with me within the first two weeks of the current
semester, so that we can work out the appropriate accommodations. Accommodations are
provided on an individualized, as-needed basis after the needs, circumstances and
documentation have been evaluated by the appropriate office on campus.

For more information on services provided by Hofstra, and for submission of documentation of
your disability, please contact:

• Ann Marie Ferro in 101 Memorial Hall at 516-463-5341 (for physical and/or psychological
disabilities) or
• Dr. Diane Herbert in 202 Roosevelt Hall at 516-463-5761 (for learning disabilities and/or
ADHD)

All disability-related information will be kept confidential.

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