ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name
Mobile phone
Email

Add photo here:

Personal Web page

Blog address

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?

In 5 years?

When you graduate?

Are you interested in a career in journalism?

How can this course help you reach your goals?

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts?
Video segments for YouTube?
Newspaper or wire stories?
A Blog?
A regular news broadcast?

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.


News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?

Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)

ASSIGNMENT TWO

Please paste the broadcast script you wrote in class on Sept. 10 based on the news wire report here.

China has walked out from an encryption meeting organized by the ISO in the Czech Republic. It follows China's accusations of the IEEE. A Chinese official says, “In this extremely unfair atmosphere, it is meaningless for the Chinese delegation to continue attending the meeting.”
Earlier, the IEEE and Chinese group have developed competing technologies to plug security holes of the original encryption standards: for the IEEE, 802.11i, for China, WAPI. Then China puts WAPI before ISO for voting. In March, delegates voted in favor of the IEEE's version over WAPI. China accuses the IEEE of "dirty tricks" including deception and misinformation in lobbying for its standard. The IEEE denies any impropriety. China has appealed the ISO decision.

ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.
Blue Gao, the world-famous chef and producer of Natural Taste left us for ever today on September 14th. Born in a family of chef, Blue showed special interests in food early on. And she displayed prodigious gifts as a child. She was able to distinguish over 10 kinds of rosemary when she was only 5 years old.
Blue went to receive professional training in Le Cordon Bleu in 1998 and graduated as the best graduate in 2002.
In 2016, Blue published the world-famous cooking book-Food and Life. She told us to treasure our food and life because both of them are the gifts of the nature.
Blue started the popular TV cooking program-Natural Taste in 2028.She appreciated the original taste of food and taught people how to cook natural and nutritious food.
Blue is also public-spirited. All of her legacy will be donated to aid famine victims in Africa. People love Blue for her simplicity and naturalness. People will remember her forever.

ASSIGNMENT FOUR
Write three pitches that you and some classmates can actually produce with the time and resources available to you.

The audience will be English speaking You Tube viewers. Your pitch should offer them something they cannot see elsewhere. This means slice of life and human interest stories are OK, but try to come up with some hard issue pieces or stories related to breaking news as well. Foreigners love to hear about: The Olympics, counterfeit or dangerous products, the environment and global warming, martial arts, student trends, China's economy, interesting tourist destinations, and anything unusual or surprising. Think about a story you would like to hear about in another country, and try it here.

Also think about the big stories in the world, and look for a Chinese connection. Are there Iraqi students here? Does China have an Islamic insurgency? What do Chinese students think about the US presidential race? Who is in charge at the Palestian Embassy here now that the Palestinians have split amid civil war?

Your pitch should include the names of the people you plan to interview, and the shots you plan to include.

Pitch 1 Out with the bad, In with the good
Do you suffer from chronic pain? Poor circulation? Lymphatic congestion? Inflammation? Fatigue? Infections? Physical or emotional stress? If so, the ancient Chinese secret of Gua Sha may be for you.
Gua Sha(Cao Gio) is a traditional ancient Chinese healing technique that dates back over 2,000 years and is still practiced by many Chinese today. But it is little known of in the West. "Gua" means to scrape or rub. “Sha” is a reddish, elevated, millet-like skin rash. Gua Sha involves palpation and cutaneous stimulation in which the skin is pressed with a piece of jade (this is Gua); that results in the appearance of small red patches (this is Sha). Gua Sha is one technique that intentionally raises Sha rash. Raising Sha removes blood stagnation, promoting metabolic processes. So the patient feels an immediate shift in their condition particularly in their pain or sense of constraint.
Gua Sha is applied primarily on the back, neck, shoulders, buttock and limbs. These areas are scraped with a soupspoon, coin, or slice of water buffalo horn after being lubricated with special oil.
The technique leaves distinctive, petechial marks on the skin, which may seem a little scaring, but it’s only temporary. The Sha bump should fade in 2-4 days. If it is slower to fade, poor blood circulation is indicated and the practitioner must ascertain whether there is a deficiency of blood, Qi, Yang or a deeper organ deficiency at the root of the problem.
Gua Sha can be used to prevent and treat diseases and strengthen the body. It has a very quick effect on pain and an obvious effect on various diseases caused by functional disharmony of the internal organs.
Interview plan and shots:
1. Qing Hong, a doctor of Gua Sha.
Questions for her:
(1)What is Gua Sha? What medicine principles is Gua Sha based on? What are the benefits of Gua Sha? ( I’ll ask her to explain Gua Sha with a picture of human body marking acupoints. I’ll take some shots.)
(2)Where is Gua Sha applied? What kind of instrument is used to do Gua Sha? How is Gua Sha applied? (Some shots of body parts where Gua Sha is applied primarily. Some shots of instrument. Some shots of her actions when she is doing Gua Sha.)
(3)Is Gua Sha safe? Will it harm our skin? How fast will the petechiae fade? (Some shots of the reddish skin of my friend after Gua Sha)
(4)What does the type of Sha indicate? (Some shots when she is explaining what Sha on my friend’s body indicates.)
2. I plan to find a foreign friend who suffers stillness in her or his body because of pressure. She or he has never experienced Gua Sha but is willing to have a try. I will take her or him to a Gua Sha clinic have a try. Then I will interview her or him.
Questions: (1)What’s your feeling when you heard of Gua Sha for the first time? Do you think it is a little awful? (2)How do you feel during Gua Sha? Do you feel painful when the doctor scraped on your skin? Some shots of her or his expressions during the process.) (3)How do you feel after Gua Sha? Do you feel painful or do you feel relief from stillness and pressure? How fast do the petechiae on your skin fade? (Some shots of the scraped skin some days after Gua Sha.) (4)Do you feel Gua Sha is helpful? Will you continue Gua Sha as treatment?

Pitch 2
1+1 voice studio is a special studio organized by a group of blind people. Although they have disabilities in their bodies, they are optimistic and hardworking. They’re all college graduates and well-trained reporters. They produce broadcasting programs both for the blind people and the healthy people. They want to use their voices to portray the Olympic Games.
Interview plan and shots:
1. Qing Feng, a anchor who has just finished a topic program about the 2008 Olympic Games of the disabled people. Questions for him: Can you briefly introduce the contents of the program for us? (Some shots when he is anchoring.)
2. Xie Yan, one starter of the studio, who lost one leg because of cancer in 2001. Questions for him: Why do you want to start this studio? What does “1+1” mean? What are the main contents of the program? (Shots of the studio-the sign”1+1”, inside arrangements, equipment and so on.)
3.Two listeners(one is blind and one is healthy): What’s your opinion about this program? 4.One reporter: Can you tell us something about your first interview? Do you feel nervous? (Shots of first interviewing.)
5.One editor: How can you use computer to edit materials without seeing the screen? (Shots of editing.)
6. Fu Gaoshan, the other starter. Questions for him: Can you briefly tell us your plan for reporting the 2008 Olympic Games? (Shots of a discussion meeting of plan for reporting the 2008 Olympic Games)

Pitch 3
June 23rd, the selection of torch holders for the 2008 Olympic Games was started in China.1.2 million people have applied for it. (Shots: To apply for the selection, people use many ways-spot application, internet, phone and so on.)There’re seven competition sections in all and competitors from Beijing section are most active. Doing different jobs and having different experiences, what will they contribute to the Olympic Games? And what stories will they told us?
Interview plan and shots:
1. Wang Weili, a public-spirited film director. He shoots films of Olympic Games for the disabled.
(1)Questions for him: Why do you want to shoot these special films of Olympic Games for the disabled? What are the contents and topics of the films? What contributions do you make to shoot these films? (Especially how to collect the money) (Shots of Wang Weili’s special films, some details showing that he takes lots of trouble to shoot the film)
(2)Questions for one of his audiences: What’s your opinion of Wang Weili and his film?
2. Wang Mingdian, a boss of a medium-sized corporation which owns more than 100 employees. However, he and his families only live in an old container as their house because he donates nearly all of his incomes to charity.
(1)Questions for him: Why do your nearly all of your income to charity? (I’ll make a contrast using shots of Wang Mingdian’s medium-sized corporation and his simple house. Then a shot of a long list of his donation.)
(2)Questions for his families: Do you support him?
3. Liu Zhongguo, the first foreign competitor in Beijing section. Questions for him: (1)Why do you come to China? How long have you been in China? (Shots of his living place and working place.) (2)Why do you apply for the selection? (3)What is your forte?


ASSIGNMENT FIVE




I think this report is perfectly fair and neutral.



First I want to analyze the way how the author assembles the facts. She uses a logic structure to assemble the facts. So these facts can support the conclusions she draws well. I divide the article into four parts.

The first part is the general introduction and conclusion. (Para1-8)
1. She summarizes the pig story. (Para1-3)
2. She quotes the Chinese government’s claims that the situation is under control and China is open and transparent all along. (Para4-5)
3. She shows her disagreement with the government by quoting the claims of some experts that China has once again been slow to share scientific data and tissue samples with other countries. (Para 6) And later in the detailed analysis, she proves the experts' claims. (Para21-27)
4. So she draws her conclusion that there is worry that while China is lagging, the virus is quickly turning into a global problem. (Para 7)And she uses quotes from an official of FAO as a support. (Para 8)

The second part analyzes the two reasons why China withholds information.(Para9-18)
1. She brings up the first reason directly-business interests (Para 9), and uses quotes from Professor Yanzhong Huang to support her (Para 10).
2.First she quotes the Chinese government's claim that it would share the samples only when "intellectual property issues" were resolved.(Para 11)Then she brings up the hidden reason-China can make money from the vaccine because without the samples it's impossible to develop a cure. (Para 16-17).Then she uses a data comparison of Mao Changqing as a support. (Para 18)

The third part analyzes the worries in details. (Para 19-35)
1.She uses FAO’s claim to show the situation is urgent-the disease is spreading. (Para20)Especially she mentions Chongqing, an industrial city in southwestern China where many U.S. companies operate. So the Chinese government's claims that the situation is under control are obviously wrong. (Para4-5)It also strengthens the experts’ claims in Para 6.
2.She shows the government is slow-China tracks the illness in2006 but it wasn't until this year that it was able to confirm that blue ear pig disease was the cause.(Para21)
3.She suspects the authenticity of the official information. (Para23-27) It shows China’s reluctance to share information. It also proves the experts’ claims in Para 6.
(1) The most detailed information about the disease appeared in a new online scientific journal called PLoS ONE. But it has only a cursory peer review.( Para 23-24)
(2) She uses the claims of the animal disease experts and a data comparison to draw her opinion-the statistics are not accurate.( Para 25-26)
(3) Chen Qingming reveals the reason for inconsistent data- local officials want to protect good reputations. This exposure strongly support her opinion.( Para 27)
4. She lists other concerns. ( Para 28-35)
(1)The disease may not even be blue ear disease after all or it has mutated into a much more lethal form (Para 28) She uses quotes from experts of Yang Zhou University(Para 30)and FAO(Para 31 and 33) to support her.
(2) The disease may pose a threat to humans. The diseased pigs have entered the food supply. (Para 32)She uses quotes from the expert of FAO and the claims of Vietnam government to support her. (Para 34-35)

In the last part, she indicates that the measures that China has carried out to control the disease (the public education campaign and harsher laws) don’t work by using her interviews and observation. She indicates the Chinese government should be more active. (Para 36-42)
1.She indicates that many pig farmers know little about the disease by quoting their words. (Para 38)She uses Xie Hanquan’s experience to make the claim more persuasive.( Para 39)
2.She describes a scene that the diseased pig thrown by Lo is floating near the southern bank. (Para40-42)


This news story uses claims from various sources. They are from the pig farmers, the Chinese government, the Vietnam government, the online journal PLoS ONE, professors of FAO and so on. I think they’re credible for two reasons.
1. They’re either from the reporter’s interviews and observation or from the authoritative experts and organizations.
2.The logic structure the author uses to assemble the facts makes them more credible.


1. Using a logic structure to express your idea.
2. Using sufficient and eloquent materials from various sources to support your points of view.
3. Indicating your idea by selecting materials and ordering the facts.
4. Analyzing the hidden reasons for the superficial phenomenon to make your conclusion more persuasive.
5.From the first part of the article, I learn a new way to draw a conclusion. First I can quote the claim that I disagree with. Then I can use materials from various sources which can show the impropriety of the claim. Last I draw my conclusion.In this way it can make a report more fair and complete.