JOUR 62 Print-Friendly Version
Instructor: Cecilia Deck
Office Hours: Tuesday
2-4 p.m. and 6-7 p.m.; Thursday 3-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Office Location: Room L-41
E-mail: deckcecilia@deanza.edu or ceciliadeck@sbcglobal.net
Required on-campus orientation: Thursday April 12, 6-7 p.m. in Room L-26
Course Description: Practical experience contributing as a freelancer to
the college newspaper as a reporter, copy editor, columnist, graphic artist,
photographer, or other freelance position. This course may be taken six times
for credit. Generally, students can complete requirements in one of three
ways:
• Students contribute
pre-approved stories, photographs, graphics, video or other assignments to La
Voz. Students are required to visit my office or the lab or classroom once a week. Students are encouraged to attend at least a few classes of JOUR 61
(Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-5:45 p.m., Room L-42) OR
• Students are on the
La Voz staff (enrolled in JOUR 61), and use JOUR 62 as additional lab time to
help produce La Voz OR
• Students are
completing other specified journalism projects or approved internships.
Requirements
(everyone):
1. Students must
attend an on-campus orientation.2. Students are
expected to spend a minimum of 3 hours per week on this class.3. Students fill out and sign a contract found here and a weekly log found here which they turn in at the end of the quarter.
La Voz
Freelancers:
4. Must read the La
Voz handbook.
6. Are expected to use
the recommended books and the Catalyst website to enhance your understanding of journalism
and your particular area of interest.
Grading:
La Voz Freelancers:
A - Completed
five or more assignment for La Voz and turned them in by deadline. Total
time spent: 36 hours or more.
B - Completed four or more assignments for La Voz and turned most of them
them in by deadline. Total time spent: 36 hours or more.
C - Completed three assignments and turned most or all of them in on
time.
D - Completed fewer than four assignments and turned most or all of them
in on time.
Interns:
A - Completed 36
hours or more of internship work and posted their progress weekly in Catalyst
The grade will be assigned based upon completion of the requirements listed
above.
Recommended Texts:
• La Voz Handbook (available from the
professor) • For writing: Harrower, Inside Reporting. • For design and pagination: Harrower, Newspaper
Designer's Handbook The Fine Print: This class is different from most classes because the students
take responsibility for most of their own learning. The instructor will not nag
nor keep track of the students, nor are there specific, set hours students must
work on their project(s). To succeed, students must be self-motivated learners
and be willing to ask questions of the instructor, the students or
professionals they are working with and/or the newspaper editors and staff.
Suggestions for La Voz
freelancers:
• Attend the La Voz class early in the quarter and
several more times to get to know the editors (Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-5:45
p.m. Room L-42. Editors assign stories/photos on Tuesdays.) • Drop by the La Voz offices to meet other students
and editors. You may work on the computers in the lab if editors or college
staff are present.
• Have all stories and assignments pre-approved. Do
not submit work without approval. • Do not hang back and then attempt to work your
hours in the last weeks of the quarter!
IMPORTANT NOTE: La Voz
produces nine issues each quarter, which are printed over the weekend and
distributed on Monday. The deadline for stories is a full week or more before
the issue. For best results, start taking assignments immediately, and finish
them as soon as possible!!! Hand everything in by the last deadline of the
quarter, which is two weeks before exam week.
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