ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name:Hwang Min
Mobile phone:15910871208
Email:erica_hwang@yahoo.cn

Add photo here:

Personal Web page:none
Blog address:none

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
Be at higher-rank, have certain contribution in the field that I worked.
In 5 years?
Have a steady job.
When you graduate?
Get a job, by which I can live independently.
Are you interested in a career in journalism?
Yes.
How can this course help you reach your goals?
It can help me get to know basic knowledge of media, and teach me how to write news stories in English systematically.

Goals for this course:
Write English news stories correctly and fluently

Are you interested in producing for this course:
Podcasts?
no.
Video segments for YouTube?
no.
Newspaper or wire stories?
yes.
A Blog?
yep.
A regular news broadcast?
yep.

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
That's fine with me, I welcome everything that interesting.

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
I didn't have any actual work experience in the news media, except helping a teacher in our college holding a media forum in our university. I just help her translate some documents and sending e-mails or letters overseas.
How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
none.
Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
I don't think so by now.

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
CNN form U.S.A, phoenix TV from China.
How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
I watch CNN once or twice a week, over the Internet.
Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
Compared to Chinese broadcasts, some foreign news broadcasts are too violently or erotic. It may lead people to wrong focus of the society. In China news are more formal and serious, but of course, each have their own advantages and disadvantages, it depends on how you see it.
What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
CNN, CCTV, Yahoo, Sina
Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)
No...but I think I will.

ASSIGNMENT TWO

Please paste the broadcast script you wrote in class on Sept. 10 based on the news wire report here.
Taliban stop the aid for flood victims, 7 militants got killed.
Seven militants got killed, and a former Taliban official was captured in Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials said it happened when Taliban tried to stop the aid for the flood victims in Southeastern Afghanistan, Ghazni province.
Food and supplies for the victims had been distributed on Tuesday, said a U.S spokesman. But officials in Ghazni province did not confirm any medicine aid arrival by now.

ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, today we started the cultural and art news with a sad note.
Yesterday, XX, XX, Erica Hwang, a famous journalist and brilliant fashion industry leader died at the age of 77, in her house in Sanya, Hainan island in China. Around her was her beloved family: her husband, two lovely kids,and her close friends.
Graduated in Communication University of China, Erica Hwang was an absolute trend leader in the international journalism field. With her special style of interview, she almost interviewed all the man higher up and the celebrities. She is a miracle.
In her funeral, people gathered for the lost of the media field and fashion industry.
George.W.Bush.Jr.Jr :"She is a very special woman. She can make me stammer."
Lindsey Lohan :"I'm sad. How could she left us so early? I'm one year older than her!"
Hilary Duff Jr :"She dressed in her own way. But brilliant."
Obviously she can be a sharp questioner, and a gentle friend. Her various angle of interview, her sharp questions, her caring to the poor and children, impressed the world. And her pulitzer winner, the famous tears in the wind: Taiwan, longing eyes for home, is a required material for most journalism students till now.
Her brave and kind heart will live with us, 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.