ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name
Xiao LIU
Mobile phone
13811818124
Email
lewshaw0925@hotmail.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page
None.

Blog address
None.

Survey:

Career goal:

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

In 5 years?
Journalist

When you graduate?
Journalist

Are you interested in a career in journalism?
Yes.

How can this course help you reach your goals?
It undoubtedly helps me understand the tree of news profoundly and comprehensively, learn to structure a passage effectively and efficiently, widen the horizons which smooths my progress markedly, and ultimately pushes the frontiers of my developments of both comprehension and organization.

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts?
Yes.
Video segments for YouTube?
Just so so.
Newspaper or wire stories?
Actually no.
A Blog?
Yes.
A regular news broadcast?
Actually no.

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
In this summer vocation, I wrote reports for Renmin Ribao(People's Daily)

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.
Cooledit
Premiere


News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
I prefer getting information on the Internet because of its efficiency and convenience.

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
Lacking television in my dormitory, hardly can I touch these foreign news broadcasts. The accesses are always unavailable. I am fond of surfing over the Internet where I can obtain the latest news.

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
Of course foreign news broadcasts have more rights and freedom in the realm of broadcasting, which enable them to report everything they prove themselves without the overly regulation from government. Chinese broadcasts always have to follow the directions ruled by politics, which undermines the accuracy of news. And because of these laws, Chinese broadcasts pay more attention to the formal and serious affairs rather than uncertain tidings.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
Actually I seldom read newspapers, but I do surf over the Internet regularly. And I prefer Sina and Yahoo to keep up with the JonesES.

Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)
Hardly can I open these doors to the Washington Post and the New York Times, unfortunately.

ASSIGNMENT TWO

INCOMPLETE

ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.

INCOMPLETE

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.


NO.1 about the preparation of Beijing 2008 Olympic Game
interview: college students-to-be-volunteers and workers of construction of Olympic Game
how they get prepared and what about the process, how do they get along, is there any problem during the process, what's the difference between normal gym and Olympic gym, how they will be finished.


No.2 about the evaluating work in Communication University of China
interview: administrator of the college and students
how they get prepared and what have they done to control the students' behavior, what's the attitude of students, are they really attending every class and not be late now, if the evaluating work is finished, are they still attending every class.

THIS ONE COULD BE INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU FOCUS ON HOW SCRIPTED AND REHEARSED EVERYTHING IS, AND HOW NERVOUS THE ADMINISTRATION IS ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.


No.3 about Beijing business auto show held in Chaoyang Park
interview: entrepreneur and audience
what's the plan and idea and for what, is there any amazing auto or some kind or brand first open for audience, cause the weather is not good these days, does it put a negetive impact on the show.


This story has little impact on a foreign audience as you have pitched it.