ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Xu Chuke(Robert / Potenza)
Mobile phone 13581641690
Email larmeau@yahoo.com.cn

Add photo here:

Personal Web page bbs.thu.net

Blog address http://potenza.blog.shou.com

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years? no

In 5 years? maybe

When you graduate? 2008

Are you interested in a career in journalism? not very interested

How can this course help you reach your goals? only can be judged after several weeks on this course

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts? no
Video segments for YouTube? yes
Newspaper or wire stories? yes
A Blog? yes
A regular news broadcast? no

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions? surely yes

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
i've worked as a translator of fantasy games/books and a web-writer on sports

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.
good writing & translating


News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
most of cctv's newscasts im able to watch
bbc & cnn (not very often)

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
over the internet i can watch them, but still cannot catch the detail sometimes

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
foreign news broadcasts are definitely more attractive than the chinese ones 'cause not all the organizations have to serve the government

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
cctv.com news.yahoo.com.cn

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

ASSIGNMENT TWO

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

ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.

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.