ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Sheilia
Mobile phone 13811581548
Email Daqi02923@yahoo.com.cn

Add photo here:

Personal Web page

Blog address

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
A job related to mass communication or journalism.
In 5 years?
Further education related to communication or a job related to mass communication or journalism.
When you graduate?
In 2008.
Are you interested in a career in journalism?
Yes.
How can this course help you reach your goals?
This course can help me improve my writing ability. It can tell me what kind of information or which part of the information can be chosen as news source, and how to change the information into a piece of news.
Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts?No.
Video segments for YouTube?No.
Newspaper or wire stories?Yes.
A Blog?Yes.
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?
I haven't done any work. I just learn some related skills in the university and do some homework.
How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
One.
Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
I can use Adobe Audition. But I can not use Premiere to make a whole production.

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
cctv news.
How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
Not very familiar. I can only watch them on the Internet.
Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
Strengths: less political, privated-owned.
Weaknesses: collectivized, controlled by a small group of people.
What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
sohu, sina, cctv.
Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)
I sometimes read the New York Times on the Internet.
ASSIGNMENT TWO

Please paste the broadcast script you wrote in class on Sept. 10 based on the news wire report here.
The European Unions trade chief Peter Mandelson warns China of a European backlash if China does not keep its promises of full market access and protect intellectual property rights of foreign companies.
Mandelson was encouraged by recent Chinese efforts to fight fakes but also criticized China for non-tariff barriers. He met with Commerce Minister Bo Xilai over the issue and both of them expressed the hope of negotiation and consultation between China and Europe.
ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.
Shela, who was born in April 1st, 1984 is really an envoy of spreading love throughout her lifetime.
She loved music very much, so she made her mind to be a teacher in the local music college. Playing piano for students and teaching them to sing beautiful songs are the happiest thing for her in the world. Every time she looked at her students' pretty faces, every time she heard her students' sweet voices, she could get rid of everything unhappy and devoted all herself to music. In her lifetime, she made great contribution in music education area and nurtured a lot of oustanding students in music area. Most of them have become famous singers or composers, and some of them chose to become teachers too, to educate more and more children who love music.
Jack, Shela's student, one of the famous pop singers. derscrbed Shela as "the most important person" for him. He could not get his reputation today without Shela's help. He was very sorry to hear about Shela's death, and he expressed his best wishes toward Shela and her family members.
Shela devoted her later half life to be a vonluteer and helped many people in need. It is a great pity to lost her, and we'll remember her smile and love forever.

I HOPE YOUR DREAM OF TEACHING MUSIC COMES TRUE


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.

THESE ARE NOT PITCHES THAT HAVE ORIGINAL IDEA WHICH YOU YOURSELF COULD PRODUCE FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING YOU TUBE VIEWERS.

News 1. China ensures food safety ahead of Olympics
More than 270 food producers in Beijing have vowed to ensure food safety with less than a year till the 2008 Olympics, deputy chairman of Beijing Food Association Zhou Yiqiu said on Tuesday.
The well-known producers include Beijing Sanyuan Foods Company Ltd, the Beijing unit of Kraft Foods Greater China, Beijing Huiyuan Beverage and Food Group, and Beijing Zhangyiyuan Tea Co., Ltd, said Zhou at a food safety seminar held in Beijing.
The pledge campaign was initiated by the Beijing Food Association as part of the drive to ensure food safety during the Olympics.

News 2. Terrorism: big threat to Olympics
Terrorism poses the biggest threat to the successful holding of Beijing Olympic Games, Minister of Public Security Zhou Yongkang said on Monday, calling for closer international collaboration on information sharing and risk analysis.
Officials emphasized the importance of closer international cooperation as terrorism was a threat to all countries.
However, the Chinese police authorities said they were confident and capable of ensuring a safe Olympic Games.
Director of the Beijing public security bureau Ma Zhenchuan said that at least 80,000 people would be directly involved in the security for the Games, including police officers, professional security guards and volunteers.

News 3. China sends 1,055 police troops for UN missions
China has dispatched a total of 1,055 police for seven United Nations missions since 2000, according to an official from the Ministry of Public Security. "Currently, about 180 Chinese police are conducting UN missions in five overseas areas," said Guo Baoshan, vice director of the ministry's international cooperation bureau. Guo said Chinese police have faithfully fulfilled their duties on foreign lands far from families and maintained a nice image of Chinese police.


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