Your examples of public affairs journalismSources: Events and Contact lists, under-

reported communitiesDamian Radcliffe@damianradcliffe

30th September 2015

Housekeeping• Work in on time – or it’s an automatic “F”

• Use consistent format and font• For PPT and Word Naming convention NameTaskDate

• Credit sources

Link economyAssessmentPlagiarism

Your case studies

Events and Sources

Some example subject areas• Government activities (federal, state, local) • Government officials (elected officials and others)

• Government agencies • Politics • Police and crime • Criminal and civil court cases • Public safety issues• Public health reporting • Accidents • Community news • Schools and education• Usage of public data

Some traditional examples

• Personal, corporate and Government blogs / news pages

• Press Offices, press conferences and mailing lists

• People you meet/talk to – your network

• Public data portals

• Other media e.g. newspapers, listings etc.

Some digital examples

• Google Alerts

• Twitter, Facebook, Craigslist et al

• Instagram accounts and #tags

• LinkedIn

• SMS alerts and other notification tools

Task in groups build you own contacts and sources list…

Five groups of three people to cover:• Government activities (federal, state, local) • Government officials (elected officials and others)

• Government agencies • Politics • Police and crime • Criminal and civil court cases • Public safety issues• Public health reporting • Accidents • Community news • Schools and education

Usage of public data

Assignments

Task 1• Interview one of your new classmates.

• Write 800 words on what they did this summer.

• Extra points for multi-media use to support your written text.

• Submit by 23:59 4th October.

Task 2• Complete the class information form and hand in to me.

PLUS• Groups submit your event/contact lists.

• Any other outstanding work to be sent in by 23:59 tonight.

Questions?Problems?

damianr@uoregon.edu

Or visit me in 201 Allen Hall