January 2009
8 posts
Wednesday reminder -- PLEASE BE IN CLASS!
MMC 1101 students — PLEASE MAKE SURE you are in class tomorrow (Wednesday Jan. 28). I will be assigning partners for your personality profile, and you will be significantly behind (and have less time to complete the assignment) if you aren’t in class. I’ve also just posted a link for our guest on Monday, Ocala Style magazine editor Dean Blinkhorn. Please read Dean’s most...
Jan 28th
Ocala Style magazine link →
Jan 28th
Practice news story
A Gainesville boy fell through a skylight into the Oaks Mall after he and a teenage accomplice climbed on to the mall’s roof late Sunday night, according to a Gainesville Police Department report. Christopher Dwayne Hutson, 10, is in stable condition in the intensive care unit at North Florida Regional Medical Center, said a hospital spokeswoman. He fell through the skylight and landed near Sears...
Jan 27th
Week of Jan. 26-30
It’s hard to believe we’ll be a quarter way through the semester after this week. We’re progressing nicely in both my journalism classes as we head toward the first graded assignments, which are due this week. Remember: (both assignments are due at the beginning of class, so make sure you have all technical/printing issues worked out) MMC 1101 - Story Assignment #1 — due...
Jan 26th
NewsU Web site →
Jan 26th
Second full week of classes
I can see how CFCC is at record enrollment with my JOU 2100 and MMC 1101 classes both full with 30 students each. As we head into our third week (second full week of classes), we’ve got a lot going on as the two media writing classes have now gone through a grammar review and are beginning — or about to begin in MMC’s case — their first writing assignment. This is where...
Jan 18th
NewsU grammar/AP Style link →
Jan 18th
First blog of spring 2009 -- Sunday Jan. 11
As instructor of CFCC’s JOU 2100 and MMC 1101 media classes this semester, I am having my students post weekly blogs. This is where students can go each Sunday night to receive updates on upcoming class information and our schedules and assignments for the week. JOU 2100 (Week 2 — week of Jan. 12-16) Monday — guests from CFCC’s PR/marketing departments; getting ready for...
Jan 12th