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ChrisHawke - Recently Updated Pageshttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updatedRecently Updated Pages on http://chrishawke.wetpaint.comen-usinfo@wetpaint.comFri, 19 Oct 2007 05:28:42 CDTFri, 19 Oct 2007 05:28:42 CDTwetpaint.com60ChrisHawkehttp://www.wetpaint.com/img/logo.gifhttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.comCUC Journalism studentsAdam Zhttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Adam+Zadamzhu1986http://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Adam+ZFri, 19 Oct 2007 05:28:42 CDTASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Adam Zhu (Zhu Xudong)
Mobile phone 13466548076
Email adamzhu1986[*at*]gmail.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page
Not yet
Blog address
Not yet
Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
A job that can provide me ENOUGH money for my family and never work at weekends.
In 5 years?
A job that I can learn while working.
When you graduate?
Just don't be out of job.
Are you interested in a career in journalism?
To some extent.
How can this course help you reach your goals?
Let me know more about how journalists work.

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts?
Yes, esp. a podcast that can submit to iTunes.
Video segments for YouTube?
Yes, but I guess that may be a little bit too difficult.
Newspaper or wire stories?
Yes.
A Blog?
Yes and that's the most possible thing can be done.
A regular news broadcast?
That depends.

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
Yes, of course. What about Eric Schmidt(Google), Bill Gates(Microsoft) and Steve Jobs(Apple)? Well, just joking. But I admire them sooooooo much!

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
Not yet.

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
Not yet.

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
I'm afraid I don't.

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
Seldom watch TV at school because I don't have a TV set in my dorm. But I watch Sports News (6:00pm CCTV5) regularly at home.
How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
Sometimes I download video news podcasts from iTunes like ABC World News, The CNN Daily, BBC Breakfast Takeaway.
Not possible to watch it at home.
The internet connceting speed sucks.
Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
Well, I'm not familiar with that.
What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
Newspaper: Titan Weekly (A sports newspaper)
Webs: news.baidu.com
(I subscribed some news feeds with Google Reader, but I don't really read every piece. Usually I just glance the headlines.)
Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)
Sometime I visit New York Times and USAToday's website, but only sometimes frankly.

ASSIGNMENT TWO

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

Palestinian foreign minister has dismissed an Arab peace initiative.
He has told the Associated Press in Beijing that is an impractial initiative.
China supports the Arab initiative. It calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.

Today, we are here to announce the death of Adam Zhu - our greatest athlete and pioneer in harmony process. He passed away peacefully in his office at seventy-five this afternoon.

Now let's look some highlights of his legendary life.

Adam was born in a small town in 1986. He showed his talent for sports at early age and joined the NBA at 18. He played for Indiana Pacers for 15 years and helped the team won 12 NBA Champions. He averaged 36.9 points and 14.6 assists per game. With his help the Chinese basketball team won the champion of the Beijing Olympic Games.

When retired, Adam turned to football and became the coach of China's national team. In the 2020 World Cup held in China, his team beat Brazil in the final and won the champion for the first time.

However, Adam is far more than a legend in sports, he is also a pioneer in harmony process.

Because his extraordinary performance in sports, Adam was appointed harmony ambassador by the Chinese government and sent to Japan. After 5 years' negotiation, Japan apologized sincerely to Asian countries for the World War Ⅱ. Their leaders promised never to pray at Yasukuni Shrine any more.

Then Adam traveled around the world and helped the poor and needed. He spent 7 years in Afghanistan and made the Al Qaeda give up terrorism. He helped Palestine established a country alongside Israel and made the two countries good neighbors.

Later Adam worked with the International Atomic Energy Agency. They persuaded all the countries naturalized their atomic bombs and helped many countries peacefully use atomic energy.

During his last few years, Adam was still working hard at environmental protection.

His wife received his call last night, he said he was tired. This morning, we found him at his desk. It seems he died in a nap.

May he rest in peace.

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.

PITCHES:
1,
Sensorship in China.
In China, a lot of books or movies can't be published due to sensorship. And a lot of websites are filtered or can't be open when a person views them in China. It sounds terrible and due to this, many westerners think China is far from a democratic country. However, is it ture? How Chinese people think of this?

People to interview: Classmate, both local and overseas. Some teachers who are teaching international journalism (if it's possible to do that.) Foreigners.

Shots: Interviews, and some books which were fobidden to publish before but get published now and books which still can't be published. The differences of a same websites viewed from China or oversea, espeically some search engines when people search certain words such Tiananmen and Mao.

2,
Tourist destinations in Beijing (or in China if possible). More and more people are coming to China for holiday and still, there are more and more people are planning to come to China. Therefore, a video introducing tour destination in China should catch westerners eyes.

People to interview: Classmates, random citizens, toursits from oversea and other places in China, tour guides.

Shots: Beautiful tour destinations.

3,
What Chinese youth are doing or youth fashion. Tell foreigners what the young people are interested currently. This may attracts young people of other countries and most viewers on Youtube are young people.

People: Different young people from 16-30.

Shots: Activities young people are taking.

ASSIGNMENT FIVE
I think all the sources the writer provided is true and can be trusted, but there are still bias in choosing which sources to use. I mean, the write must have gathered many sources for this feature, and then she chose some to use in the feature and left some out. In the process of choosing sources, I think there are biases.

In this feature, she wants to tell people that the Chinese Government are not performing functionally in this pig disease issue. Therefore, she only chose the souces that support what she wanted to express.

Since it's a American newspaper, I can understand why she chose those sources, but on the other hand, I think she should be more objective. First of all, she should see how the Chinese Government try to stop the disease it's effort in controlling the pork price. Secondly, most Chinese citizen are quite satisfied with the government's effort in this issue. The poor can get allowance to buy meat and if the price is too high in some area, the government will bring more pork there to get the price down. Thirdly, in the university, the price of food (including meat and vegetables) is the same as before. So the government is doing a great job in fighting with the pig disease and it's well under control now.

All in all, I think the writer wrote a feature and put the blame on the Chinese Government. Though the Chinese Government should shoulder the responsbility, it's not they are doing nothing or slowing in solving the problem.

Question I want to ask her:
1, How she gets all the imformation, through the internet or from other newpapers or elsewhere? I can't get half of these imformation myself. I think she is really good at this which I want to learn from her very much.
2, How mang sources she gets are in English and how many are in Chinese?
3, Does she live in China when she wrote the feature?
4, Have she really talked to or interviewed the Chinese pig farmers directly?

THESE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS. LETS SEND THEM TO THE REPORTER.

HOWEVER, I THINK YOUR CRITICISM OF HER FOR CHOOSING SELECTIVE SOURCES NEEDS EXAMPLES.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MENTALITY BEHIND THE STATEMENT "Since it's a American newspaper, I can understand why she chose those sources." DOES THIS MEAN THAT AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS ARE AGAINST CHINA, OR THAT AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS DON'T TRY TO BE FAIR?

ALSO, I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU THINK SHE SHOULD MENTION THE CHINESE GOVERNMENTS SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO CONTROL PRICES. SHE IS WRITING ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMUNITIES FRUSTRATION AND CONCERN OVER THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S UNWILLINGNESS TO SHARE SCIENTIFIC DATA -- SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

YOU SEEM TO EQUATE CRITICIZING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WITH BIAS. BIAS INCLUDES THE IDEA OF BEING UNFAIR. DOES THIS MEAN THAT ANY CRITICISM OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT POLICY IS UNFAIR?

]]>cannitalia susantohttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/cannitalia+susantocannitaliahttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/cannitalia+susantocannitaliaSun, 14 Oct 2007 22:51:24 CDTASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Cannitalia Susanto
Mobile phone 13521240424
Email jbnature@gmail.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page

Blog address

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years? I want to have my own small business...doesn't have to be big. Just enough to give my parents the life they deserve.

In 5 years? graduate with a masters degree and work for an international company with good pay.

When you graduate? continue with masters degree

Are you interested in a career in journalism? yes i am otherwise I won't choose this major

How can this course help you reach your goals? It can help me learn how to choose and understand more about good journalism.

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?

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions? I would like guest speakers from documentary directors

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
I have written some reports for the Indonesian-Chinese newspaper of 'International Newspaper' and I am active in the Indonesian community monthly tabloid in Beijing writting a couple columns each edition. I have also done some Chinese-Indonesian Translating for radio and written a small report on the 'One Year Until Beijing 2008' ceremony that was held this summer in the Tian An Men Square.

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?
CCTV, CNN, BTV, Phoenix, and CRI

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
fairly familiar. I can watch Phoenix in my dorm and CNN over the internet.

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
both gave a certain bias towards their own people, for me it is both a strenght and a weakness.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
I go to Yahoo news.

Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should) no because I don't know where to get them.

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.

Today we gather here to pay our respect for Cannitalia Susanto. A woman who had always lived her life being her own true self and will always be a girl at heart.

She left her home country at the mere age of 13 to survive in a foreign country without being able to speak the language. Somehow she survived her coming of age unscatched by the dark sides of the world and develop her own way of thinking and reacting, making her the individual that we had all know and love. At the age of 23 she graduated from The Communication University of China but instead of going back to her home country she decided to stay in China to begin her carreer.

At the age of 30 she had already written a world best-seller novel, a first in many to come. It had always been her dream to write a book and she worked hard for it. Her family had always been her first priority, eventhough leaving home from such a young age means that she wasn't that close to her parents. But that doesn't change her into someone who easily forgets about her family. Every step she took had always been in the best interest of her parents and sister.

Always a girl at heart she always have a smile for everyone, joining in on hopscotch and finger-paintings, she never think twice of swinging on a swing or just hanging onto the monkey bars in the playground, "We all need to be a child at heart, life won't be so depressing that way." She always said with a smile.

She was always a confidant to all her friends, all turning to her for a piece of advice. She had always been dubbed as a phsycology by her friends, always listening when they needed someone to listen and helping when they needed help. She wasn't a life of a party though, she loves long evenings alone in her room settling on a good book or just typing away on her computer doing whatever she feels like doing, always with that smile of hers.

She had decided from when she was just a little girl that she will adopt a child, "I want to adopt a pre-teen though, because they need love more than any baby in the world." she said to ayone who's listening. She felt that most people who adopts always wanted a baby. But she saw they hurt and anger in those 'older children' eyes. And eventhough she had never gone through what they had gone through, she understood. I am happy to say that the lucky little 12 year-old girl she had saved from a nightmare is me. I grew up in her heart, proudly becoming more and more like her with each and everyday.

Today I ask you to always remember her, a woman with her own piece of mind, forever a girl at heart, who loved her family more than anything in this world. Cannitalia Susanto, my savior, my mother.

ASSIGNMENT FOUR
Write three pitches that you and some classmates can actually produce with the time and resources available to you.
1. About the death of Pavaroti and how teenagers today seems to forget more and more about classical music. Interviewing local students and students form the music major.
2. Foreigner boom in China and how Chinese students are less and less threaten by foreigners 'stealing' their job opportunities. Interviewing foreigners and Chinese graduates.
3. Foreign students in China today is not as passive as before. Slowly but sure they created their own way of surviving in China. Interviewing foreigners who opened their own international restourants, business, and even magazines and newpapers.

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.

]]>Diana Lu's Homehttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Diana+Lu%27s+HomeLuYujiahttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Diana+Lu%27s+HomeMon, 01 Oct 2007 02:57:59 CDT

ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Diana Lu
Mobile phone 85269272134
Email yujialu2@student.cityu.edu.hk

Add photo here:

Personal Web page

Blog address

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
manager in a froeign services of all kinds of media in Shanghai

In 5 years?
employee or a journalist

When you graduate?
a employee in a company related to media

Are you interested in a career in journalism?
yes

How can this course help you reach your goals? I Writing news is not only a must skill for journalists and editors, rather, all kinds of work related to media need this. The very clear and logic way of telling a truth can also help us in a lot of circumstances, like writing a yearly report.

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts? Yes
Video segments for YouTube?Yes
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 worked in the TV station in my hometown as an intern reporter and got to know how to produce the very basic news and editing.

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
Not at this school I'm afraid.

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
Editing, anchoring.

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?Phoenix Tv, CNN

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts?
Actually not so familiar.
Can you watch them at home?
It's a pity, I can't.
Over the Internet?
Yes, sure, I get all those inofrmation from the Internet.

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
strength:Efficiency, high trasparence,many sources, high-quality news worker, and their dominance in the media world, I mean, mainly refer to America.
Weakness:They sometimes want to cover a story with very little budget, and this will definitely affect the quality of the reports. And their reports, because they always claim to be true and reliable, sometimes will mislead the viewers.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
New York Times. Sometimes New Yorker.

Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? I read New York Times, but will start to read Washington Post tomorrow.

ASSIGNMENT TWO

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

UN Envoy Meets Myanmar Democracy Leader Envoys from UN tried to see the leaders of the Myanmar military government, trying to persuade them to ease the crackdown on the protesting public, but fail to see the two top leaders. The Protest in Burma has lasted almost a month and several demonstrating monks and public have been killed and some are areested. Rangoon and Mandalay has implemented a curfew and no protesting parade is allowed to apppear in the streets in the daytime since Sep.25. The protest this time in Burma is caused by the rising of prices and is widely regarded as a manifest of the public dissatisfaction towards the military government.
ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.

A happy old lady, Diana Lu, went to see her beloved ones in the heaven on Sep.23 2077, three monthes after her 90th birthday.
She has been a celebrity in the 3oth and 50th of the 21 century, though she herself would rather prefer not to mention this, but still these parts can not be easily skipped.
She had a very happy childhood with her parents' care and keen friendship from her friends, it was then she developed a sunny personality, which she benefited from so much in her later years.
After four years of study of Journalism in University, she wanted to experience the real life and be the one who informs the world what's happening every day. She became an outposted journalist for New York Times. During her touring around the world, she had a particular sympathy towards the civilians in the war-torn area like Iraq and Palestine, so she spent two years there reporting the people rebuilding their homes and calling the international community to help these people. She could have won a Pulitzer Price but she refused to give up her Chinese nationality but still what she had done earned her a Nobel Peace Price.
However, what she treasured most is still her family and her biggest wish is to give love to as many people as possible.
"My mom is a great woman, she persued love bravely and had a well of love in her own heart which will never dry. We are so proud of her." Her older daughter said.
"She paved us a green road in the Middle East, although just a beginning, but that encourages us to go on making it a garden. We all wish her happy hereafter." said Thomas Spitzer,( Spitzer is one of the most prominent journalists then in reporting International News, especially in the Middle East)
Lu will be burried on 26 Sep., just beside her beloved husband. Wish her still be a loving angel in the heaven.

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.

Assignment 5 Due Sat .Sept 22.

Please read the Washington Post pig disease story.

Please evaluate the story in terms of fairness and bias, focusing on how the story is sourced.

Firstly, we have to admit that the reporter doesn't ignor the improvements that Chinese governments have made. From the SARS to the Pig Disease, the transparence of the Chinese government's releasing the information has improved a lot.
However, bias can still be seen in the report.
1. in the report, many things are ralted to the U.S., but the writer claims it to be a world problem, does the U.S. stand for the whole world? It's still an American perspective.

2.Same animal disease has broken out in Europe before but rarely have news reporting that all other countries are urging this country to provide the tissue sample for a co-research? Is this also a kind of bias?

3.In the first part the writer mentioned that it was the pig disease that made pork prices soar in the last year and also push the inflation rate to the highest level. But, both the price mechanism and the inflation rates are complicated issues, how can it be soly affected by the pig disease?

4. About the sources.
I have to admit that some of the sources like Juan Lubroth or Vincent Martin are quite authoritative, but what do they know about the pig disease situation in China, in the small villages far away from the Eastern developed areas, when they themselves are so far away as in Rome or, a little bit nearer, in Beijing?
The opinions of individual professors or experts like Zhu Guoqiang are especially worth noticing, They may give their own understandings, but that's not a general idea. Besides we don't know the incentive, since Amrican journalists has a keen interest in interviewing Chinese people, especially intellects, who harbour an atigovernment attitude as their sources.
Another source which seems to be quite credibleb is the paper published in PLoS ONE. The journal itself is not quite so famous, and it's just a paper, we know many papers that are proved to be incorrect, this can not be a 100 percent sure source either.
Lastly, the farmers that the writer mentioned all live in Foshan, so trivial compared to the whole country. If she wants to describe the terrible situation all over China, isn't it better for her to go to more places and get the first-hand statistics or at least experience rather than citing those governmental statistics that she repeatedly described as not accurate?

My Qustions:
1. Is the writer a reporter always writes reports on China or a reporter writes on animal disease?
2 Has she written any animal disease before this?

.

]]>Katie Huanghttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Katie+Huangxiaoxiao97865http://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Katie+HuangSun, 30 Sep 2007 03:48:36 CDT

ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name katie
Mobile phone 13811649559
Email xiaoxiao97865@g,ail.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page no

Blog address no

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
manager of foreign company, PR or Marketing department.
In 5 years?
within media circle
When you graduate?
journalist
Are you interested in a career in journalism?
yes
How can this course help you reach your goals?
be familar with foreign media
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. all
Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular profession
absolutely
Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
i was a hostess for sohu.com, for visual broadcast during the world cup last year, and i have been working for travel TV as a TV tour guide for 2 years.
How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
6
Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
cool edit

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
CCTV news, news on BBC world service
How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
it's ok, i can watch them maily over the internet.
Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
strength:relatively more objective
weakness: too much sexul or violent news
What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
china daily
Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)
yes, but i prefer wallstreet journal more.
ASSIGNMENT TWO

Please paste the broadcast script you wrote in class on Sept. 10 based on the news wire report here.
hello, and welcome to this edition of cctv news, i am katie in beijing.
Chinese and US officials on thursday have discussed the possibility of negotiations with North Korea to formally end the korean war,
North Korea wants to renew the peace treaty with washington, which dates back from 1950-1953 conflict period.
But after the meeting on thursday with chinese vice foreign minister Wu Dawei, US envoy Christopher Hill reiterates his stance on north korea's nucler issue.
If DPRK doesn;t give up its nucler ambitions, sanctions from the US must be followed.
ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.
Katie Huang, one of the greatest contributors within media circle left us for ever today on August 13th. During her whole life, she was active in all areas
related to communication. Graduatrd from Communication University of China, she initially worked as a hostess on China Radio International. At that time, she also developed her interest in PR and then worked as an assistant in PR department of BMW,Beijing branch.With her ecellent media background, Katie
organized various successful PR events and become the manager. at the age of 38, CCTV invited katie to join in the production of TV edition of car magzine.
and her creativity help the program become a huge success and also bring her
nation wide fame.But what people cherish most and will remember forever is her modesty and sweetest smile.

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.

1,Recently there was an actress who put video on her blog, the content was sexul scene with famous directors. I happen to know a lot of actors ,directors and producers who knew the involved persons, I wanna interview them to seek truth, meanwhile, I will interview a professor teaching directing in Beijing Film Academy to talk about the "casting couch"phenomenon both in China and the US

2. China Open 2007 sp
My brother is in charge of marketing of China Open tennis tournament, i wanna interview him about the sponsors , and how do they prepare for the 2008, Competing with the olympic, How do they attract foreign sponsors.

3,The rise of pock price was surging earlier this year, and now it's going to go down and become stable. Foreign viewers could be interest in the infact inflation has exert on chinese' daily life, so i would like to interview common chinese at supermarkets to explore their response.

ASSIGNMENT 5
COMMENT:
Overall, it is quite good piece of report, with plenty of statistics and quotes, it's
comprehensive.
but i we think it's still a little bit one-sided. it lack chinese government official release although she interviewed some officials.
what's more, althought she visited the places herself, but, it's only a small part, it don't speak for the whole country.

]]>Erichttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Ericericgenghttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/EricSun, 30 Sep 2007 00:51:23 CDTYOU ARE FAILING

ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name:Eric
Mobile phone:13811324252
Email genghuieric@hotmail.com

Add photo here

Personal Web page

Blog address: http://genghuieric.spaces.live.com/

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years? sports editor

In 5 years? sports journalist

When you graduate? next year.

Are you interested in a career in journalism? Definitely yes.

How can this course help you reach your goals? study journalism skills

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts? yes
Video segments for YouTube? yes
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.
work as a news journalist assistant

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
3
Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list. photoshop,premier, shot

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch? cctv5

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
i often watch CBS 60 minutes. but i can't watch them at home,i can only watch it through internet.
Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
strength: objective
What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
titan sports sports.sina.com.cn

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.

21 civilians and 4 Canadian were dead in a Taliban suicide car bomb in an Afghan market. And the death of 4 Canadian raises the foreign soldiers’ death toll to 7 since NATO took command on Sunday. Before the violence, the western military has deployed 8000 troops into South Afghan, which mainly consists of Americans, British and Canadian.

ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.
Eric Geng, the famous sports reporter and the owner of a sports media Group, died on July. 29th 2078, at the age of 92. Eric was the most successful sports reporter who is considered to be the model in sports reporting. With a dream to be a sports reporter, he came to Communication University of China to acquire the related knowledge. He started his career as a sports journalist in Titan Sports, which was the best sports media at that time. After a wonderful performance in reporting the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2010 South Africa World Cup, he gave a deep impression to Chinese reader and promoted to an advanced editor. The next 10 years, he appeared at all the big sports events all over the world including World Cup, Olympics, European Champion Cup, NBA finals. With the help of Rupert Murdoch, he established his own sports media group which became the first choice of sports funs. Now it shares a equal respect with ESPN, SKY TV and Canal+ Sport. It is a great pity he left this world. And we will memory him 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.

Beijing Olumpic Games : Rogue
The development of Titan sports( the biggest sports media in China): Qu youyuan (ceo of Titan sports)
the transportation system of Beijing

ASSIGNMENT FOUR: THIS IS INADEQUATE AND COUNTS AS INCOMPLETE.

REVISED VERSION:
1. What is the ticket selling status of Beijing Olympic Games? Is there any attention that foreigner need to pay attention to if they want to buy the ticket? As we all know, the Phrase 1 in ticket selling already finished, and the 2nd Phrase will begin in October, what should people do to make sure they can get tickets in the coming period? Interviewee: Beijing Olympic Committee official

2. As China’s economy grows rapidly; it has already been the focus over the world. But behind its GDP, what has the economy growth bring to ordinary citizen’s life? A higher living standard or a more tough life? We will interview some most ordinary people to find the answer.

3. China is the largest country in population, but Chinese football team ranks 80th in the FIFA world ranking. Why can’t Chinese play football well, especially comparing to their Olympic sports level? I want to find the answers by a long term inspection and careful research.

ASSIGNEMNT FIVE:

From judging the "pig news", we've learned that when we analyse a news story, first we should clear about the source of of quotation and the accuracy of the statistics. Then we may judge is there any logic problems, and whether we can be persuade to believe the conclusion the author made by the facts and detailed the story provides.

In terms of bias and fairness, we strongly think that the report's sources are mostly one-sided.
He did quote information from the Chinese government side, but mostly statistics, while figures don't really speak for itself if you don't give an explanation. Like the figures of dead pigs. There are plenty of Chinese government announcement and press releases. Why he just cited certain figures?
We think western style of reporting seems very fair, with all the piling of facts and figures and quotes. But actually it's not necessary the case. The angle of choosing materials makes a lot of difference.
For the detailed analysis the reporter turned to organizations outside of China, or at least people with the opposite view to the Chinese government. Why didn't he cited more explanation from the Chinese government side?
Hence, we do believe the writer does have bias to a certain extent.

]]>Aquariushttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/AquariusAquarius1http://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/AquariusSat, 29 Sep 2007 23:52:41 CDT

ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Aquarius
Mobile phone 13811853008
Email yyj20083@hotmail.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page NO

Blog address No

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
I want to a famous announcer in China.

In 5 years?
To accumulate more and more experience in job.

When you graduate?
In July, 2008.

Are you interested in a career in journalism?
So-so.

How can this course help you reach your goals?
By practicing my English writing, listening and speaking skills.

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts?
Yes.

Video segments for YouTube?
No.

Newspaper or wire stories?
Yes.

A Blog?
OK.

A regular news broadcast?
No

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
Yes.

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
In summer,I am always dubbing in ShenYang TV.

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
About 8 times.
Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
Using some recording softwares such as Audition 1.5, digital camera, and have some basic TV editing skills, etc.

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
CCTV 9 .

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
A little bit familiar.I watch them over the internet.

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
The content of the news broadcast is more close to people's life compared to Chinese broadcasts. And we can always hear of different voices and arguments, not just voices from the government or experts, that seemed fair and objective.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
CCTV .

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

ASSIGNMENT TWO

Please paste the broadcast script you wrote in class on Sept. 10 based on the news wire report here.
Afghanistan's parliament approves President Hamid.Karzai's choices for the vacant portfolios on Monday.All the new ministers were educated abroad.
The government is increasingly viewed as ineffective,tainted by covenption and failure to deliver security,services or jobs to much of the country.
Afghanistan's foreign miniter,Spanta,urges the international community to do more to fight what he called the sources of terrorism;Islamic schools,international sponsors and the influx of weapons.

ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.
AQUARIUS
Aquarius, died July 2, 2085, after a short illness.
Born February 14, 1984 in ShenYang, He grew up and lived most of his working life in Shenyang and Beijing. In 2010, along with his brother Jun, he established a home mail order business baking and shipping gourmet sugar cookies. Local residents joined the frenzied family on the sugar cookie team every holiday season as the house filled with shipping boxes and sugar cookie aroma pervaded the neighborhood. Under the philosophy of "Build a little, Bake a lot", the "Sugar Crispy" flourished and developed a nationwide customer base of sugar cookie fans.

The memorial services will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, July 10th in hopital .

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.

]]>Angelinahttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/AngelinaAngelinaSuhttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/AngelinaSat, 29 Sep 2007 11:23:40 CDTAngelina ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Su Yu ting (Angelina Su)
Mobile phone 13811929807
Email angelinasyt@126.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page

Blog address

Survey:

Career goal:
A good bilingual journalist or news anchor

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
To be a producer.That's cool to make a progamme on my own! *-^
In 5 years?
A broadcaster. A good beginning, a good ending!
When you graduate?
2008
Are you interested in a career in journalism?
Of course!!
How can this course help you reach your goals?
It can further develop my news writing skills and also help me to gain more understanding about the international news, and it is necessary for me to learn to realize my dream ----to be a bilingual journalist.
Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:
I am enthusiastic about this kind of process.
Podcasts?
Might be
Video segments for YouTube?
Not yet.
Newspaper or wire stories?
Of course!
A Blog?
No
A regular news broadcast?
Yes

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
I like this plan, because it can make class lively and interesting. That will be an valuable option~
Experience: Those ones who have long period of time working in the field of news media.

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
1. I have worked in News Agency in translating and editing the original news from New York Time or Washington Post into Chinese ones.
2. 2005.10～2006.6，I am a reporter, script writer and anchorwoman of Radio CUC.
How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
Five or more, I cann't remember the exact number~
Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
Premiere & Adobe Audition

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
CCTV, PhoenixTV, BBC, CNN
How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
I am trying to watch the foreign news broadcasts as often as possible.
Uhh...No signal…some foreign TV channels are forbidden in China, you know.
Yes.From podcast*-*
Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
Strengths:
1: Foreign news broadcasts are more mature not only in selecting the news, but also in the way of reporting.
2: Foreign news broadcasts have more freedom in revealing the dark side of the society and scandals.
3: Foreign news broadcasts are the main opinion leaders in spreading the event.

Weaknesses:
Foreign news broadcasts always emphasize on their own domestic events, but rarely care about the happenings that occur in the developing countries or rural poor regions.

What newspaper or webiste do you usually see?
China Daily,The New York Times, www.bbc.co.uk, AP News web
Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)
As possible as I can.
ASSIGNMENT TWO
Please paste the broadcast script you wrote in class on Sept. 10 based on the news wire report here.
Dont use day of week in lead.

China finished building the Three Gorges dam across the Yangtze River on Saturday, a key milestone for the world’s largest hydroelectric project.
The dam was capable to produce electricity, regulate flooded waters, and prevent 15 million people on Yangtze River and their property from suffering damages.
Environmentalists and engineers have warned the reservoir risks still exist, as well as a growing disparity between the rich and poor.

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.

NO.1:
TOPIC:
Mysterious Chamber Discovered in The Forbidden City and Open to The Public for The First Time

Details: The mysterious chamber is full of chemicals which is used to protect the ancient relics in the Ming Dynasty.Citizens used to thought it was a secrect room to kill the criminals and the place of death sentence. However, no one is permitted to get into it for a long time. So the final discoveray of the truth and the real function of the chamber must be a suprise to the public. It must be a good event to cover which can attract the foreigners' eyes.

Plan: I'd like to interview some vistors home and abroad, professors studying in the major of chemical, historians who are familiar with the history, architecture engineers.
Shot: The scenary of the Forbidden City, the crowed of vistors gathering outside the door of the mysterious chamber.

NO.2:
TOPIC:
Foreingers' Way of Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival on September 25 in Beijing

Details:
This traditional Chinese festival might be a very good event to cover to let the foreingers know more about Chinese culture. It is a topic which can attract the domestic and international people's eyeball , so I think it is worthy to be made into a programme to let the Chinese culture going aboard.

Plan:I will interview some craftsman who is good at making Mid-Autumn lights, the moon-cake seller, students and their relatives who will reunion in Mid-Autumn Festival.
Shot: Some foreingers eating moon cakes, the crowed supermarket selling the moon cakes, the Chinese peoples' traditional way of watching the moon under the trees in the open air.

No.3:
TOPIC: Chinese University Students Permitted to Get Married

Details: The marriage should be a topic that everyone will experience, no matter the Chinese youths or the foreingers. So, it is a daily life news which is related to all man and woman's life. But when it comes to the university students in China, it will be a hot topic to discuss. And this phenomenon is not only worthwhile for the Chinese students to talk about , but also very attractive to those exchange students from other countries and those China experts. The questions should be listed out :Is this law suitable? Is this regulation ridiculous?

Plan: I will interview the university students, and those exchange students from abroad, and the parents and teachers, the law makers.
Shot: The couples who are getting married ( two university students or one of them is still stduty in university), the parents and relatives are gathering in the party.

]]>Gracehttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/GraceGraceliuhttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Graceassaigment 2Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:16:34 CDT
ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Grace Liu
Mobile phone 13581524025
Email liushangwei2004@gmail.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page

Blog address
http://candiceloveu.blog.sohu.com/

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
If successful enough during the 20 years, I want to be retired at 42.

In 5 years?
a good journalist

When you graduate? Next year, that is 2008.

Are you interested in a career in journalism? Yes, of course.

How can this course help you reach your goals?
To learn more about the media language, how to compose a news story and how to fully understand the meaning behind the words.
Goals for this course:
To learn more about the media language and how to compose a news story.

Are you interested in producing for this course:
Podcasts? yes
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, of course.

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.

I have been worked as a intern in local TV station, my main job is to collect information on the internet and do some outside interview with my teachers there.

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
Three or four.

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
yes, if the programme is for radio station, I usually use Abobe Audition to edit, if is a TV programme, I know how to use Final Cut Pro.

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?

Chinese: Zhao Wen Tian Xia--a news programme in the morning, about one hour.
Foreign: BBC WORLD--back home I can watch bbc.
How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?

I can't watch them at school, but some of the programme I can use emule to download .

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?

The beijing news
www. sohu.com www.sina.com www.yahoo.com

Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)
Sorry, I do not.
ASSIGNMENT TWO

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

A Canadian solider had been killed in a road accident and injured three others. This is the 8th fatality NATO-led troops suffered since the late 2001 US-led invasion. NATO suspected that this road accident is related to Tailiban militant.

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.

ASSIGNMENT FIVE:

]]>Rixhttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/RixRixsearchhttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/RixAssignment FiveFri, 28 Sep 2007 05:26:00 CDTASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name: Rix search
Mobile phone: 13466580634
Email: liuxu_com@sina.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page

Blog address

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
Manger of my own business

In 5 years?
stuff in media industry.

When you graduate?
year 2008

Are you interested in a career in journalism?
Yes

How can this course help you reach your goals?
That depends on hard working with practice, and good cooperation with teacher.

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:
More or less.

Podcasts? Yes

Video segments for YouTube? Yes

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.
That's a pity, I didn't ever done some relative work in news media. just some practicing experiences in class.

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
Less then 10.

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
Not much.

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
60 minutes and CCTV news programmes.

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
Not very familiar, just a simple recognation. watch at school or over Internet.

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
More active and ecnomical, while Chinese broadcasts are more practical.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
Just some Chinese newspapers and www.sina.com, etc.

Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should) Sometimes on their official websites.

ASSIGNMENT TWO

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

25 taliban insurgents HAVE BEEN [were] killed by U.S-led soldiers and Afghan forces, and NATO-led Canadian troops just narrowly escaped a suicide bombing.

In Kabul,Afgahn President KARZAI (you can use his name because he is a world famous person) condemned the [that thurday's] (dont use the day of the week) bombing as a cowardly attack against Muslim people.

[Accusing for trying to convert Muslims,] Hundreds of Korean Christiansboarded a flight after the government ordered them to leave.

The next day, Deputy Interior Minister softened the government's rhetoric, change the reason for Korean Christians' leave to security concerns.

CHANGED THE REASON FROM WHAT? YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN. EXAMPLE: THE GOVERNMENT HAD ACCUSED THEM OF TRYING TO WIN CONVERTS, BUT CHANGED ITS STORY. IT NOW SAYS THEY LEFT FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION.

A South Korean Embassy official says Afghan government had made arrangements for about 1.000 Korean Christians to go home.

ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.

Rix Liu, one of the greatest managers in business industry in this century, died on Mar.9th, 2068 at his home,when he was dead, his age went to 83. The reason for his death is natual.
Born in WuHai, Inner Mongolia in 1985, Who had run a own business company in information field, from a small company in China to an enterprise famous worldwide, his company is dealing with business inner computer communication tachnology development and hi-tec information processing system, and etc.
During the whole life of Rix, he had aquired plenty of fame in information industry, and also a succesive man in sports incesting, he had supported two famous football teams in England, which brought him great fame in sports field, and also brought great amont of money to his own wealth. He had donated most of his wealth to the social affairs and welfares, and he had founded a foundation at his alma mater Communication University of China for the training and developing programs for younger students and future pontentials.
Rix had been honored as one of the most influencing 50 person in the world of this century, which aims to praise his great contributiongs to the infomation industry and social affairs.

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.

1. The presell of the train tickets has all changed to 10 days ahead since September 6th according to the regulation set by the railroad bureau. (interview: officials in the bureau to talk about why is this change made? how it work?etc; passengers to talk about if it is more convenient; staff in the trailway station to talk about if there's any improvement since the change took place. shots: railway station, tickets selling winow. )

2. The Line 5 of Beijing Subway, scheduled to open on September 20, are having trial operation without passengers now. (interviews: the officials of subway construction bureau about the detail infor. about line 5 and the future plan of the subway construaction in China and how it will serve for the Olympics, etc. shots: line 5 station.)

3. The students who are majored in photography took part in the test competition rebroadcast for Olympics. ( interview: ask the students about the details of the rebroadcast and the newly finished olympic stadium. shoots: the stadium and the test compition.)

ASSIGNMENT FIVE

Analysing on article"Pig Disease in China Worries the World-Lack of Data Impedes Research"
I think the article leaves us a strange overall impression at the very beginning. After our own team members' discussion, our conclusion is that the author herself may be a “sly” or maybe herself is the master of writing and reporting. It's specific that she never mentioned her own opinion directly in the article, however, she use some critical facts of comments to make us believe or at least suspect that the Chinese government and researchers may unwilling to deal with public health problems and hide the research process.
Actually, accoring to our understating and discussion, maybe the writter is trying to express both the information channels of the Chinese government and scientific studies ought to be more open, instead of remaining in the present relatively closed state. She intended to emphasize that the political regime or the institutional behind the scene of this news event should afford the duty of problems. She showed us the examples of the agreement on tissue samples and withholding of informations to support her opinion.

Questions or Comments to the writer:
1.The beginning of the story is too sensational and easily attracted the readers' attention, but the following paragraph write "wiping out the entire herds", this kind of statement should not be very accurate and fair.
2. The following page, the author conclude that maybe directly of indirectly, those diseased pig had already entered the food supply. However, she could not provide any obvious evidence tosupport her conclusion, no matter investigations in markets or interviews from hospitals, showing whether it is a fact or just a rumor.

What we have learned from analysing this news.
1. After learing this news story, we find there are several points that are not valid, the conclusions are just based on her own understanding. From this we learn that when we form our own news story, we should give clear sources, evident evidences which can make the news accurate and reliable.
2. After reading the whole passage, we can more or less have a feeling of bias between the word lines, although the writer didn't express her feeling directly. This bias can be seen obviously from some certain sentences and words she used. So we should try to avoid using inproper words in our news story. To give clear source is always the way to be object.
3.The logic of this article is clear. She write the news in inverse-pyramid structure. It makes the story complete and attractive. That is important for us to learn in future writing news.

]]>ceciliahttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/ceciliaCecilahttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/ceciliaThu, 27 Sep 2007 21:59:01 CDT ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Cecilia
Mobile phone 13811812768
Email ceciliacoffee1010@yahoo.com.cn

Add photo here:

Personal Web page

Blog address
myspace

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
a TV producer or running a coffee house

in 5 years?
a reporter

When you graduate?
a reporter

Are you interested in a career in journalism?
yes , i think so

How can this course help you reach your goals?
to help me with my news reporting and interview skills

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts?
yes
Video segments for YouTube?
yes
Newspaper or wire stories?
i feel ok
A Blog?
yes
A regular news broadcast?
ok

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
yes, and i woulld like to invite guest speakers

Expecriene:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media. I have been works for my hometown TV station as journalist, and reporting the 2007 Chongqing Wulong internatioanl outdoor sports comepetition for Guangdong sports channel

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
not at the school

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
news writing and editing

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
phoenix TV news
How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
I watch the foreign news broadcast from the internet

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
Strengths: the pictures more vivid , the language is more interesting, and some depth reporting cover more fields
weakness: i am not sure, maybe the bias.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
phoenixtv cnn and xinhua net

Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)
i should have read more often and i like New York Times more

ASSIGNMENT TWO

Please paste the broadcast script you wrote in class on Sept. 10 based on the news wire report here.
China calls for protection to environmental groups
China calls for better legal protection for grassroots groups, so they can help clean up the environment.
China’s pollution problems cost the country more than 200＄ million a year. The deputy chief of the State Environmental say: the nongovernment environmental groups could play a very important role in promoting or pushing governments to solve the problems.
The NGOs want to develop legislation to secure their interests and existence in China. They also need the support of top leaders to guarantee their power to create or pass laws.

ASSIGNMENT THREE
Please paste the Obituary assignment here.
Cecilia, through all her life，she is pursuing her career as a good reporter. I still remember When she first entered the Communication University of China as an international journalism student, she didn't know much about journalism, and for a period of time, she even confused if this field was what she really wanted to do in the future.
In the summer of the 3rd year of university, things had changed. she got a chance to report an international outdoor sports competition for a sports channel. During the days, she worked as a journalist, she had to write news, interview the contestants and edit the news. For the first time, she felt it was quite exciting to find out what was worth to report, and did the interview job in front of the camera was also very interesting.That was a totally new experience to her, all those made her realize every day could be so different to a journalist, and experiencing so many things could make life colorful. Then she made up her mind to be a journalist,
After graduated, she worked for a sports channel, She was lucky when Beijing held the Olympic Games, she was able to report that big event, and interview a lot of top players. Her reporting ability has been improved through the practices. In the next 10 years, she devoted all her effort on news reporting and interview things. At her forties, she began to produce her own program, though she had met many difficulties, luckily she had made it through and finally accomplished her journalism career.

ASSIGNMENT FOUR
Write three pitches that you and some classmates can actually produce with the time and resources available to you.
Pitch 1
Last year, Shanghai had carried out a new history teaching materials for high shool students. but the history book only has last for one year. On Sept 1th, The book has been abolished. This is because a editorial for Newyork Times
named "Where is mao? China revise the history book" , the editorial has aroused a huge dispute, people qurraled on internet , on news paper, they are douting if the book has eliminated mao's revolution thought and if put the " Bill Gates" in history book is a sign that china will let the economy hero replace the political hero. But the new history book has been prepared for 8 years,put on trial for 3 years, the editor said the content did betray any rules, he accused the Newyork Times has mistaken the content of new history book.
Plan to interview SuZhiliang, the editor of new history book Joe kahn the boss of Newyork Times Beijing, and the offials from ministry of education
Asking about: 1 to the offials: what has made the history book reform has failed
2 to Su : what do you think of your new history book, when the book has been abolished, how do you think about it . the book has been douted a lot, please do some explanation about the new book.
3 to Joe kahn, what made the Newyork times published that editorial
4 and so on
Pitch 2
The courses selection of teaching unite of Beijing universities district has finished on the 16th. Influenced by the heating of stock market this year, We found out among all the courses, the course of China stock market has become the hottest one,
Plan to interview the students who have selected the course, the teach who in charge of the course
Asking about 1 why the students want to take this course , for money?
2 ask the teacher what will the students learn from the course
3 what do teachers think about the phenomenon
Pitch 3
To advocate the Green traffic for Olympic Game, Beijing decided Sept 22nd will be the " NO CAR" Day. On that day cars will be forbiden in some area from 7am to 7 pm, only buses are permitted. The bus company will add 200 more buses for that day.
Plan to interview the bus manager the car drivers and transportation offials
Asking about 1 is the public transportation of Beijing ready for Olympic, does the pubulic transportation meet the enviromental standard
2 how about the cars driver's reaction towards the 'No Car" Day , will it bring any unconvenience
3 what wil the drivers do for the Olympic transportation ( both bus and car driver)
4 and so on

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.

Assignment 5

Please read the Washington Post pig disease story.

Please evaluate the story in terms of fairness and bias, focusing on how the story is sourced.

In other words, go through the story and determine the sources of all the reported facts. Please weigh how credible each source is. Then consider whether the facts she has assembled support the conclusions she draws. Has she assembled a solid foundation of facts, or is leaving out important information or points of view? You should also consider things you know about this situation that are not reported in the story.

Did this story give you any ideas for your own methods of reporting?
After reading the story, It gave me the impression that the writer do have made some survey, which make me think she is telling the truth. It has no reason for me to be skeptical about the sources because she gives specific names of organizations, experts and pig raisers. And her assertions seems true to me. I believe that she did interview some people and do a lot of work to draw her conclusions from all her materials and her assertions sound reasonable.
However, we think that this story is not quite logical and make us confused about some sources. I suppose that it maybe because it is too lengthy or because there are different patterns of thought.
Though I said this story was fair with convincing sources, I can't help feeling antipathy to one of the sentenses in which a phrase using quotation mark. (And it maintains that it has been "open and transparent" all along.) Can I say it's a bias? Maybe it's only her personal skepticism towards Chinese authority. Besides, I want to say, please forgive us for picking up every possible words to show bias in this story. Better to say it's a conditioned reflex. We are trained to do so. One course of us in last semester was to tell bias towards China in reports of western world. Of course the name of the course is not this, but I think it's the core of that course. So we say "it's biased" as soon as we look at a story reporting China.
Generally, this story did show its bias to me, what we learn from the story is we should do a full-scale research, and collect more sources when we are about to report news, also we should try our best to ensure the transparence of national bad news.

]]>Vickyhttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Vickyweiyiwuhttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/VickyThu, 27 Sep 2007 10:39:13 CDTASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Weiyi WU
Mobile phone 13811926353
Email wu_weiyi1986@yahoo.com.cn

Add photo here:

Personal Web page No

Blog address No

Survey:

Career goal:

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

In 5 years? Study

When you graduate? July 2008

Are you interested in a career in journalism? Yes

How can this course help you reach your goals?
To learn the essential knowledge of how to write for the media

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts? No
Video segments for YouTube? Perhaps, not certain at the moment
Newspaper or wire stories? Yes
A Blog? Yes
A regular news broadcast? Yes

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
Yes. PR professionals perhaps

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
As a broadcaster and editor for university radio station.

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
About 1 for English Broadcasting and Presenting course last term.

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
Audition and cool edit

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
CCTV Morning/Evening news, CBS evening news

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet? Not very familiar with them. But I do watch them online from time to time since some channels are not available at home.

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts? These two broadcasts are of different styles, sometimes the foreign ones seem to be more informative and relaxing.

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
Sina, Xinhuanet,FT, The New York Times

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

ASSIGNMENT TWO

China blows up the temporary barrier used during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, abling the power of the world's largest hydroelectric project be fully released.

The 12-second series of blasts create more than 6 million cubic feet of concrete fragment into the Rangtze River, while fishes were driven away by electric pulses before the explosions.

The Three Gorges Dam is to be finished in 2008, aiming to produce about 22 million kilowatts of electricity.

ASSIGNMENT THREE

Vicky Wu, a prestigious anchor as well as a leading authority in communication field set out her new journey in heaven from her home at the age of 88. (Add some of the public’s best-known pictures of Vicky here)

Born in April 22nd, 1986, Vicky started out as a forward-looking anchor and editor with ambitious goal of promoting China’s media industry after finishing her Master degree. During her 20-year-work in front of the camera, she had hosted programs varying from everyday news to travelogue, from talk shows to documentaries. And her cultural series named “exploring China” has been translated into 12 languages and is well-sold in more than 60 countries around the globe. (Pictures of Vicky’s TV productions and how she work cooperatively with others)

Vicky finished her PHD degree in Stanford and devoted herself as a professor in the communication department. A week before her death, she was horned the most-welcomed professor by students and university authority. “She is such a truthful, hard-working and intelligent person who can be relied upon whenever you are in difficulties.” said Christina, a friend and former student of her. (Add pictures of Vicky giving lectures and doing researches with students and colleagues.)

Vicky is survived by her son Vincent, daughter Sophia and three grandchildren. “She is not only the greatest mother in the world but also my best friend to whom I can speak with my soul.” sobbed Vincent, “We love her forever!” (Add Vicky’s family pictures which show the warmth and love of the family)

According to her will, half of her bequest will be used to set up a found for supporting the young researchers in communication. And those who are to attend the funeral, which will be held three days later in Wonderland Cemetery, do not need to be sad since she is just on another journey to a world of joy and happiness. (The possessions she left and the scene of Wonderland Cemetery)

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

No. One：Story about the military training of freshman students in Communication University of China
In almost every Chinese university, the first course a student has to take is the army training. For students of Communication University, this module will generally last for 20 days. Is this a harsh period of time for freshman students? And how do senior students, who have been gone through it 3 years ago, feel about it? Moreover, school authority’s perspective would be provided at the same time.

Interviews: Gather comments from freshman students, senior ones and university authorities.
Shots: 1 Life in the military training base. 2 ordinary school lives
. …

No. Two: Story about the sales of Olympic Games tickets
The Beijing 2008 Olympics tickets offer prices ranging from 30 yuan (3.97 US dollars) to 5,000 yuan (660 US dollars), with features to prevent fraud and ticket touting.However, whether one can book a ticket successfully or not is entirely based on a random computerized selection process. More than 300,000 people, among more than 720,000 applications, across mainland China have become the first group of lucky people who managed to get tickets for the 2008 Olympic Games as organizers released the outcome of allocation for the first round of booking in June. And the second round is to start in October. How do students like the lucky draw like process of obtaining a ticket? Are students interested in joining the lucky draw and why? What’s the most popular game among students?

Interviews: 1.Gatheropinions given by students and people of different professions 2. Interviews with people who have won a ticket successfully in the first round of ticket selling.
Shots: 1.The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the bird's nest will host to the Opening and Closing ceremonies and be the main track and field stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics. 2. People booking tickets on line
…

No. Three: Story about silk street market and fake goods
Silk Street market, a bustling bazaar of broken-English bargaining and brand-name knock-offs, which is named as the third best-known tourist destination in Beijing after the Palace Museum and the Great Wall, is facing tight check on fake goods. Five world famous brands, Gucci, Chanel, Burberry, Prada and Louis Vuitton, have jointly sued the market operator for selling fake products while Chaoyang District Branch of the Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce seized hundreds of fake garments. What’s the real situation of the market now? How do people think about the government’s action? This story will tell more.

Interviews: 1.Customers that have brought fake products 2. Store holders
Shots: 1. People shopping in the bustling bazaar 2. The fake products
…

Assignment 5
Thursday, September 21st, Final Analysis

“Pig Disease in China Worries the World-Lack of Data Impedes Research” leaves us a mysterious overall impression at the very beginning. After heated discussion, we found that the author herself could be a “sly” or a master in her writing and reporting skills. She never mentioned her opinion directly in the article, however, she made us believe or at least suspect that the Chinese government and researchers may lag behind in dealing with public health problems and research process, respectively. Actually, based on our understating and group discussion, what the writer tried to express is that both the information channels of the Chinese government and scientific studies ought to be more open, instead of remaining in the present relatively closed state. She intended to point out the regime or the institutional behind the scene of this news event. She gave us the examples of the agreement on the tissue samples and the withholding of information to support her opinion.

Questions or Comments for the writer:
1.The beginning of the story is very sensational and attract the readers' attention immediately. But in the third paragraph when the writer say "wiping out the entire herds", this may not be very accurate.
2. In page two, the author concludes that diseased pig already have entered the food supply both directly and indirectly. However, thoughout the whole passage, he fails to provide any evidence, no matter investigations in food markets or interviews with patients in hospitals, showing whether this is real or just a rumor.

What we have learned after analysing this news story?
1. Going through this news story, we find several points that are not valid, the author just gave his conclusion based on his own understanding of this issue. From this point we know that when we form our own news story, we should give clear sources, which can make the news more reliable.
2. After reading the whole passage, we can feel a kind of bias between the words, although the writer didn't express her feeling directly. This bias can be seen from some sentences and words she used. So we should try to avoid using inproper words in our news story. To give clear source is also a way be object.
3.The logic of this article is clear. She write it in inverse-pyramid structure. It makes the story to be complete and attractive. That is something we should learn.

]]>Franceshttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/FrancesDaiYueronghttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/FrancesThu, 27 Sep 2007 10:11:48 CDTASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Dai Yuerong
Mobile phone 138 1176 1159
Email dai_yuerong@yahoo.com.cn

Add photo here:

Personal Web page no

Blog address no

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years?
working for an NGO for cultral exchange

In 5 years?
freelancer or journalist for foreign media

When you graduate?
assistant for a foreign media with no contract and no protection :-(

Are you interested in a career in journalism?
Yes, very much, but not with a firm resolution

How can this course help you reach your goals?
to firm my resolution in pursuing journalism, to improve my writing skills

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts? OK
Video segments for YouTube? Why not? (but a little afraid of putting personal stuff on the internet)
Newspaper or wire stories? Sure, but need to improve my writing skills first.
A Blog? Yes
A regular news broadcast? I have to force myself not be lazy if I want to start one, while I'm always lazy...

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
Yes, definitely. experts from media (Chinese and foreign), economy, politics, environmental protection, etc. also people with stories that can trigger our curiosity to write or report something about him/her.

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
2 months in Shanghai Dragon TV (forced by parents)
participating the making of a documentary for autism, did almost everything because the producer and cameraman don't speak Chinese.
5 months till now working as assistant for an American media, two Dutch media

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
around five including radio and TV

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
basic knowledge about audition, premier pro.

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
CNN, CBS, ABC, etc, but not too often

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
I like American news broadcasts, esp with female newscasters. I like their style and the production. I can watch major western TV stations at home (like CNN, ABC, CBS, BBC, Bloomberg, Frances' TV5, etc) but not here in Beijing. I don't have a satelite. I guess I can find ways to watch them on the internet, but it's too slow. There's an FTP inside the school which provides news broadcasts updates, but not everyday.

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
strength: relatively more freedom in report, better equipment, better quality of prooduction
weakness: more negative reports on Chinese affairs (not sure if it's really the weakness, but at least in China they'll be limited or criticized more)

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
domestic: Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao), Sohu, MSN news page, Xinhua, China Daily
foreign: South China Morning Post, CNN, but not so often as domestic ones

Do you read the Washington Post and the New York Times? (Hint: You should)
rarely. But I once read them pretty often when I was preparing for an exam in which a lot of the reading materials were from the two papers.

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.

1. Recentlz a town in Gansu Province has cancelled the difference between city hukou and agriculture hukou.
interview a professor in China Academy of Social Sciences, who has doné research on China's hukou system.
introduce the history of hukou system and the huge gap and differences between difference hukou, the problems brought by the implementation of hukou system, China's improvement measures

2. Immigration project in Three Gorges Dam area, the last group of immigrants will be moved out in 2008
interview some of the last group of the Three Gorges Dam immigrants, interview some of the earlier immigrants about their lives in a new place, interview relevant professor about the problems (social problems)brought by the huge immigration project
I think another news report about the Three Gorges Dam project can be done through the angle of environmental influences, the advantage and disadvantage it has brought.

Sorry I don't have much battery on my laptop. Will write more tomorrow.

Assignment 5:

In terms of bias and fairness, we strongly think that the report's sources are mostly one-sided.
He did quote information from the Chinese government side, but mostly statistics, while figures don't really speak for itself if you don't give an explanation. Like the figures of dead pigs. There are plenty of Chinese government announcement and press releases. Why he just cited certain figures?
We think western style of reporting seems very fair, with all the piling of facts and figures and quotes. But actually it's not necessary the case. The angle of choosing materials makes a lot of difference.
For the detailed analysis the reporter turned to organizations outside of China, or at least people with the opposite view to the Chinese government. Why didn't he cited more explanation from the Chinese government side?
Hence, we do believe the writer does have bias to a certain extent.

From judging the "pig news", we've learned that when we analyse a news story, first we should clear about the source of of quotation and the accuracy of the statistics. Then we may judge is there any logic problems, and whether we can be persuade to believe the conclusion the author made by the facts and detailed the story provides.
when we read or report the news, we may be alert of the news bias. The author may never write down his own words, but the data and the quotations he provided are fully express his idea over the issue. so when we do our reporting, we can be use the facts and source which is favor of our idea to help us to make the story much more persuasive.

PLEASE GO AHEAD AND CHANGE IT YOURSELF. REMEMBER TO CHANGE IT BOTH ON THIS PAGE AND ON THE STUDENT PAGE THAT LINKS TO HERE.

ASSIGNMENT 5 missing

]]>Sapphirehttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Sapphireheysapphirehttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/SapphireWed, 26 Sep 2007 11:05:26 CDT

ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Wang Zhiwei (Sapphire)
Mobile phone 13811581542
Email heysapphire@163.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page No

Blog address http://sapphirewei.spaces.live.com (this website will be available in Oct)

Survey:

Career goal:

What do you want your job to be in 20 years? business management

In 5 years?
as an anchor woman or a journalist or a white-collar , it's unpredictable.

When you graduate? 2008

Are you interested in a career in journalism?
yeah, but journalism now in China sucks---- its transparency sucks.

How can this course help you reach your goals?
How to write the best script for broadcasting , and to get in touch with updated news trend , to learn to be a good journalist.
Plus: to know more about the foreign media.

Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course:

Podcasts? maybe
Video segments for YouTube? positive, it's cool
Newspaper or wire stories? not that interested in
A Blog? why not? I've already had one
A regular news broadcast? Awesome, it's very beckoning !

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
Yeah!

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
as an Intepreter at news conference, that's it.

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
Two

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
Let me think......

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newscasts do you regularly watch?
CNN

How familiar are you with foreign news broadcasts? Can you watch them at home? Over the Internet?
it's very easy to get updated news from internet for me.

Please list some strengths and weaknesses of foreign news broadcasts compared to Chinese broadcasts.
strengths: always updated, high quality, great transparency,nice efficiency.
weaknesses: the targets and focuses are not fairly balance. sometimes try to push their own value and thinking over the audiences

What newspapers and news Web sites do you visit regularly?
newspaper: usatoday
web sites :www.msn.com www.newsweek.com

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.

A Chinese activist lawyer HAS BEEN freed from a 3-year sentence imposed in a secret trial, AND says he will defy warnings to remain silent. Zheng enchong was convicted of reavealing state secrets while helping residents sue a prominent real estate developer who demolished their homes. DELETE [After the release yesterday] he now needs permission from the police to leave his home and can no longer practice as a lawyer.Chinese authorities refuse to release details of their case. Zheng vows to appeal.

Good.

ASSIGNMENT THREE Sapphire Wang Harvard University Professor emeritus Sapphire Wang, author of a series of world renowned works on Psychology, died Sep 8th 2087.She had enjoyed her abundant life with her beloved husband Johnny, a successful Movie Producer and a eagle-eyed businessman.They met while Sapphire was studying in Communication University of China in Beijing as a student and were wed in 2008. Wang was considered one of the most talented authorities on varieties of psychology . She was also known for her tremendous anchoring career in her 30s and 40s,during that time, her special interview programme on NBC was received by a great amount of audiences global wide,and she became the first Chinese anchor peaked the top of most popular celebrity in the media world. He was a 2008 graduate of CUC, majoring in International Broadcasting Journalism. She is not only a determined lady in her career, but also a beloved wife and a devoted mother to 3 children . She is a traditional Chinese woman in family, and also a always updated professionel in her work.He resigned the anchor job when she reached her 50, and became a professor in Harvard University. She nurtured youngsters there as an elder teacher, and gained fresh knowledge as a new student. She then accomplished her great works in Psychology.She said, “The best thing in life is to dance to the music it offers."

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.

1st: the military training of freshman students in Communication University of China-----the annual military training is ongoing in Zhaitang, every only child of each family should obey the extremly strict rules ordered by real soilders. The new college students will spend 20 days in the heat of the Beijing summer.

2nd:Mystery in the Forbidden City-----the newly-discovered mysterious room amid in the grand Forbidden city, which was thought to be a poisonous room in the last decades, forbad any staffs or visitors.In fact it is finally found out to be an antique room with heavy chemicals to protect the precious relics from being damaged.

3rd: Ancient Ice Cellar-----Down to the ground for hundreds of meters, the cave used to be the ice cellar for royal families. Workers store ice in winter and pull them out in summer.Now all these cellars are amid Hutongs in Beijing, with their yellow brands reminding people of their past.

THIS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT

DID NOT FIX

ASSIGNMENT 5 MISSING

]]>Christine Sunhttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Christine+SunSunxiaofeihttp://chrishawke.wetpaint.com/page/Christine+SunWed, 26 Sep 2007 10:09:35 CDT
ASSIGNMENT ONE:
PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW

Name Sun Xiaofei (Christine) 200409033017
Mobile phone 13811823241
Email daxiyanghaitun@163.com

Add photo here:

Personal Web page

Blog address

Survey:

Career goal:To be a outstanding editor or a producer

What do you want your job to be in 20 years? First I have been a volunteer last year serving for the community of the 5th Chinese Competition of World University Students. So at first I want to be a Chinese teacher someday to spread our culture. Second I want to practice in kinds of media jobs, to master the basic knowledge and skills, and to make myself more professional on it. Thirdly I want to get on the political stage.

In 5 years?
I want to have the further study on media jobs. And I am preparing to go to America to learn the media and politics.

When you graduate? I will graduate as an undergraduate student in 2008.
And I will graduate as a graduate student in 2010.

Are you interested in a career in journalism?

Yes. I’m very interested in it. But there’s so much I have to learn.
How can this course help you reach your goals?

I hope it will help me to know more about the different social ideologies and basic skills on interviewing, editing, and how to do a program for broadcasting to the foreign countries.
Goals for this course:

Are you interested in producing for this course: yes.

Podcasts? yes
Video segments for YouTube? yes
Newspaper or wire stories? yes
A Blog? yes
A regular news broadcast? not often

Guests:

Would you like guest speakers from any particular professions?
Yes. I like it very much.

Experience:

Please briefly describe any work you have done in the news media.
I briefly did some basic in news media in CRI for 20 days. And I wrote some English and Chinese reports for the local news media in DaLian.

How many television packages have you produced at this school? (Please include links if possible)
About 15.

Do you have any production skills necessary to run a news broadcast? Please list.
Film editing and master the adobe aution software.

News Habits:

Which foreign and Chinese newsca