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Course name
JMC 397 In-depth Reporting
Institution
Murray State University
Instructor
Melony Shemberger
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Journalism
Course dates
2020-08-17 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-11-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
7


Catalog description: Techniques of news gathering and reporting for print media. Provides both general assignment and beat reporting experiences.

Instructor's description: Reporters often specialize in a certain area or two, making these subjects their “beats" (e.g., education reporting, business journalism, sports, etc.). Students will learn the various forms of specialized reporting and methods of newsgathering in each.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Adduhsun
Taylorsheawest
Jreynolds38 Matt McMahon (basketball), 2020 Austrian Grand Prix, Mercedes-Benz in Formula One, ARCA Menards Series
Carmstrong11 Campus sexual assault, A Rape on Campus, Causes of sexual violence
Malhlava National School Boards Association

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 24 August 2020   |   Tuesday, 25 August 2020   |   Wednesday, 26 August 2020   |   Thursday, 27 August 2020   |   Friday, 28 August 2020
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)


Assignment - Wikipedia assignments in Canvas

Throughout the semester, you will participate in Canvas discussion board and other related assignments, which will be a part of the course grade. 

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 31 August 2020   |   Tuesday, 1 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 2 September 2020   |   Thursday, 3 September 2020   |   Friday, 4 September 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 7 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 8 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 9 September 2020   |   Thursday, 10 September 2020   |   Friday, 11 September 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 14 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 15 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 16 September 2020   |   Thursday, 17 September 2020   |   Friday, 18 September 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 21 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 22 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 23 September 2020   |   Thursday, 24 September 2020   |   Friday, 25 September 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 28 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 29 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 30 September 2020   |   Thursday, 1 October 2020   |   Friday, 2 October 2020
Assignment - Peer review three articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 5 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 6 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 7 October 2020   |   Thursday, 8 October 2020   |   Friday, 9 October 2020
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 12 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 13 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 14 October 2020   |   Thursday, 15 October 2020   |   Friday, 16 October 2020
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13


Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 19 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 20 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 21 October 2020   |   Thursday, 22 October 2020   |   Friday, 23 October 2020
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 26 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 27 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 28 October 2020   |   Thursday, 29 October 2020   |   Friday, 30 October 2020
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 2 November 2020   |   Tuesday, 3 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 4 November 2020   |   Thursday, 5 November 2020   |   Friday, 6 November 2020
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!


In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 9 November 2020   |   Tuesday, 10 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 11 November 2020   |   Thursday, 12 November 2020   |   Friday, 13 November 2020
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.