ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name: Mark
Ma Wanli ，马万里
Mobile phone: 13466548052
Email: xiaomadi86@126.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page
Blog address

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
Not sure.
In 5 years?
Reporter or Columnist
When you graduate?
Reporter
Are you interested in a career in journalism?
Yes
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?
Yes.
Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
Yes.
Experience:
Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
This summer I praticed in Nanking Morning Post, doing the cultural reporter job.

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?
Phoenix, MTV
How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
Not familiar.
Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
Foreign news broadcasts are more fresh, fast and free than Chinese broadcasts, while In China people watch news broadcast for free.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
CNN, SOHU, XINHUA
Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should) NO.

ASSIGNMENT TWO

Please paste the broadcast script you wrote in class on Sept. 10 based on the news wire report here.
U.S. May Ease Rules on Exports to China
The United States may ease regulations on American technology exported to China.A U.S. official says importers must show they are not using it for military purposes.
According to a U.S. trade official,companies that earn such trust could skip some bureaucratic oversight on restricted technologies,which could have either peaceful or military uses.


ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.

Mark Lee, whose writing talent and penerating observations of modern Chinese society made him the first Chinese Nobel Literature Prize winner, died last Thursday at age 75 after a year-long battle with disease. Mark was the most beloved writer since Lu Xun, with more than 50 works left, including novels,essays and some
scripts.
Before he wrote his first novel,Mark did many kinds of work for living in Beijing and sufferd countless failures.All these experiences gave Mark chances to contact with the low level people and witness the dark side of the so-called prosperous society.
People praised Mark for his humanitarian work and peace efforts and also expressed the gratitude for the image of the nation he carried to all corners of the globe.Mark's art will always remain with people.

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

1)About the high price of the meat in China: As we know, the price of the meat especially pork and beef unusually rises very high in 2007 in China. What is the reason and Who get most profit from that?According to the government, farmers benefit most. Is that right?What about the meat sellers? I want to go to the meat market and interview some customers and the meat sellers.

2)Will 2008 Beijing Olympics bring good chances to the graduates of Beijing's universities? I will interview some pregraduates and some graduates who have got jobs.

3)







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.