Sample assignments

Profile story (used in my COMM 200: Intro to Media Writing course at North Dakota State University)

Data analysis (used in my COMM 310: Advanced Media Writing course at North Dakota State University)

Sample syllabus

My COMM 200 syllabus from spring 2014 at North Dakota State University

Links

Some of my favorite things to discuss in my classes:

Post-Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present, Tow Center.

Twitter verification guidelines, Steve Buttry.

BS dectection for digital content, Craig Silverman.

Video, Journalism in the Age of Data, Stanford University.

Inverted Pyramid of Data Journalism, the Online Journalism Blog.

Six questions journalists should be able to answer before pitching a story, Poynter.