Summer Journalism at NYU 2013

Eat NY/Style NY

Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am to noon

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Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 204, Section 001

Class Number: 6127 (what's this?)

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This course dives deeply into the inner workings of this great food and fashion capital. Expect to cover a range of features – from reviews to trend-spotting to the politics and economics of these important New York worlds. There will be guest speakers and field trips, along with assignments designed to build your confidence as reporters and writers. Our workshop setting will be a supportive environment for exploring your personal writing style and developing your voice. Tracked for students with and without prior journalism studies or experience. With video support. Style.com’s Jessica Minkoff will be the fashion resource for this class.

Instructor: Daniel Maurer

Daniel Maurer is currently editor of the Local East Village. Previously, at New York magazine, he started as an online producer and editor of nightlife listings (also contributing to the magazine) and then co-founded Grub Street, one of New York's pioneering restaurant blogs, in 2006. While writing more than 7,500 posts over the course of five years, Maurer grew the blog's traffic steadily and helped expand it to five other cities. Grub Street New York was nominated for three James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards— it won in 2008 (for Multimedia Writing on Food) and then again in 2011 (for Group Blog) when Maurer was chief editor. It has also been nominated for a National Magazine Award, and won a MIN Best of the Web award in 2007.

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Report NY

Days:Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 12:30pm to 2:30pm

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Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 302, Section 001

Class Number: 6133 (what's this?)

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This class runs like a newsroom with one goal: to pump out written stories, video, audio slideshows and podcasts, covering downtown New York and nearby Brooklyn neighborhoods – from breaking news to profiles to pressing social issues and entertainment reviews. It’s an immersion experience in sharpening the skills every journalist needs to work in today’s world. Your assignment throughout the course will be to write, report, shoot, edit and produce at increasingly higher levels. For students with and without prior journalism studies or experience. With multimedia support.

Instructor: Kevin Convey

Kevin R. Convey was most recently editor in chief of the New York Daily News, where he spearheaded the paper’s transition to digital-first newsgathering and publication, while reconnecting the brand to its outer-borough roots and historic urban voice, strengthening its local report and opening its first-ever bureau in Harlem. Prior to that, Convey served as editor in chief of the Boston Herald, as well as editor in chief of Community Newspaper Company, where he was responsible for the editorial operations of more than 100 community weeklies and four suburban dailies.

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Eat NY/Style NY

Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am to noon

Room:

Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 204, Section 002

Class Number: 6127 (what's this?)

» Syllabus (PDF)

This course dives deeply into the inner workings of this great food and fashion capital. Expect to cover a range of features – from reviews to trend-spotting to the politics and economics of these important New York worlds. There will be guest speakers and field trips, along with assignments designed to build your confidence as reporters and writers. Our workshop setting will be a supportive environment for exploring your personal writing style and developing your voice. Tracked for students with and without prior journalism studies or experience. Style.com’s Jessica Minkoff will be the fashion resource for this class.

Instructor: Barbara Fairchild

Barbara Fairchild is a freelance food and travel writer, editor, public speaker, radio personality, and consultant. She was for ten years the editor-in-chief of Bon Appetit magazine, based in Los Angeles. She stepped down in January 2011 when the magazine was relocated to New York. Her career with Bon Appetit spanned more than three decades, beginning as an editorial assistant in 1978. Barbara entered the digital arena in February 2011 as a columnist for Real Eats, a weekly iPad/tablet-only food magazine; she took over as editor in January 2012. Unfortunately, Real Eats ceased publication in May 2012. She hosted a holiday food special for the ABC Radio Network that aired from October 2011 to January 2012. A prominent leader in the epicurean world, Ms. Fairchild was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s "Who's Who in American Food and Beverage" in May 2000.

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Dateline NYC

Days: Tuesday, Thursday 3pm to 6pm

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Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 504, Section 001

Class Number: 3077 (what's this?)

» Syllabus (PDF)

This seminar introduces students to some of the best reportage and nonfiction literature of the last two centuries, with a particular focus on work produced in and about New York City. We analyze the reporting, sources, background, structure and language in a wide range of genres, including social/cultural criticism, travel writing, profiles, essays and autobiography. We look for Downtown New York City in these works as a place, a character, an idea. Good writing deserves good readers; good reading, one of life’s enduring pleasures, is the purpose and promise of this course. For College and Pre-College students. For students with and without prior journalism studies or experience.

Instructor: Carol Sternhell

Carol Sternhell writes about feminism, literature, and motherhood. Her literary criticism and essays on feminist scholarship have appeared in The Village Voice, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, Ms., and The Women's Review of Books. She was the founding director of NYU's undergraduate women's studies program and served for years as associate editor of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Before coming to NYU, she worked as an editor at Newsday, a general assignment reporter for the New York Post, and a freelance magazine writer. She began her journalistic career as an editor of The Harvard Crimson during the days of anti-Vietnam War protest.

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Personal Essay

Days: Tuesday, Thursday 6pm to 9pm

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Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 202, Section 001

Class Number: 3075 (what's this?)

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Do you have something to say? A story to tell? An application essay to write? An original voice? This course will nurture that voice, help shape the stories, sharpen your skills. The personal essay is a popular form of nonfiction writing, cherished by both writers and readers, but crafting a successful essay is a difficult skill. How can we be self-revealing without being self-indulgent? How can we make our own experiences powerful for others? In this course students will read some of the best essays around, from Langston Hughes to Joan Didion to Oliver Sacks to Marjorie Williams and write their own, taking each one through several drafts. The heart of the course will be close reading and editing of student work. For College and Pre-College students. For students with and without prior journalism studies or experience.

Instructor: Carol Sternhell

Carol Sternhell writes about feminism, literature, and motherhood. Her literary criticism and essays on feminist scholarship have appeared in The Village Voice, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, Ms., and The Women's Review of Books. She was the founding director of NYU's undergraduate women's studies program and served for years as associate editor of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Before coming to NYU, she worked as an editor at Newsday, a general assignment reporter for the New York Post, and a freelance magazine writer. She began her journalistic career as an editor of The Harvard Crimson during the days of anti-Vietnam War protest.

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Report NY

Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am to noon

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Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 21, Section 060

Class Number: 3213 (what's this?)

» Syllabus (PDF)

This course is for pre-college students who want exposure to the craft at a beginner's level. It's a class in gathering and writing the news, including news evaluation, reporting and writing techniques, and specialized beats, with New York City, especially Downtown New York and its nearby Brooklyn neighbors, as the lab. It's designed to provide extensive practice. It covers how reporters are assigned stories, how stories are planned and written, and journalism ethics and responsibilities. Students report and write stories under newsroom conditions. Suggest pairing this course with Multimedia Toolkit. For students with and without prior journalism studies or experience.

Instructor: Judith Schoolman or Carol Sternhell

Judith Schoolman has been teaching "Basic Reporting" at NYU since Fall 2003, after more than 20 years as a daily newspaper and wire service journalist. She started her news career at Fairchild Publication's now defunct Daily News Record trade publication and soon moved to Reuters, where she started as a financial news reporter. During more than 15 years at the international wire service, Schoolman was a general news reporter, business reporter and editor, and a business columnist, writing about consumer issues. She moved to the Daily News as the deputy business editor and also covered in-depth and breaking news business stories, including the global financial effects of September 11. She remains active in the New York news community as a return columnist for the Daily News, specializing in personal finance issues.

Carol Sternhell writes about feminism, literature, and motherhood. Her literary criticism and essays on feminist scholarship have appeared in The Village Voice, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, Ms., and The Women's Review of Books. She was the founding director of NYU's undergraduate women's studies program and served for years as associate editor of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Before coming to NYU, she worked as an editor at Newsday, a general assignment reporter for the New York Post, and a freelance magazine writer. She began her journalistic career as an editor of The Harvard Crimson during the days of anti-Vietnam War protest.

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Eat NY/Style NY

Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 12:30pm to 2:30pm, Section 060

Room:

Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 204, Section 060

Class Number: 6127 (what's this?)

» Syllabus (PDF)

This course dives deeply into the inner workings of this great food and fashion capital. Expect to cover a range of features – from reviews to trend-spotting to the politics and economics of these important New York worlds. There will be guest speakers and field trips, along with assignments designed to build your confidence as reporters and writers. Our workshop setting will be a supportive environment for exploring your personal writing style and developing your voice. Tracked for students with and without prior journalism studies or experience. Style.com’s Jessica Minkoff will be the fashion resource for this class.

Instructor: Barbara Fairchild

Barbara Fairchild is a freelance food and travel writer, editor, public speaker, radio personality, and consultant. She was for ten years the editor-in-chief of Bon Appetit magazine, based in Los Angeles. She stepped down in January 2011 when the magazine was relocated to New York. Her career with Bon Appetit spanned more than three decades, beginning as an editorial assistant in 1978. Barbara entered the digital arena in February 2011 as a columnist for Real Eats, a weekly iPad/tablet-only food magazine; she took over as editor in January 2012. Unfortunately, Real Eats ceased publication in May 2012. She hosted a holiday food special for the ABC Radio Network that aired from October 2011 to January 2012. A prominent leader in the epicurean world, Ms. Fairchild was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s "Who's Who in American Food and Beverage" in May 2000.

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Multimedia Toolkit with Adrian Mihai

Days: Mon 1pm to 5pm and Fri 10am to noon

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Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 22, Section 060

Class Number: 3167 (what's this?)

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This intensive multimedia course for high school students is designed to introduce the basic skills required to report, shoot and edit a short story that can be incorporated into a TV broadcast/webcast, a podcast or a website. Students will learn how to shoot video and stills using small format digital video cameras the program will make available and how to edit a 3-to-5-minute-long package/slideshow, using Final Cut Xpress. Hard work and fun guaranteed, including the opportunity for professional publication if the work makes the cut. The instructor also supports the reporting and writing students in Pre-College Report NY and Eat NY/Style NY. Offered in the second term only for pre-college students. For students with and without prior journalism studies or experience.

Instructor: Adrian Mihai

Professor Mihai, the broadcast coordinator of the department, is a freelance videographer, independent producer and multi-media designer. He produced and directed several documentaries, "E Pluribus Unum" (1994), a film that investigates the spiritual milieu of first generation immigrants from Romania, as they become integrated into the various folds of the American society, "Someone Has Killed The Sphinx" (1995), a film offers an analysis of Romanian social realities following the overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, as seen through the staging of"Oedipus", at the Romanian National Opera House, "Crossroads" (1998), a film that takes a look at Columbia University's Graduate Acting Program, created and steered by renowned Romanian-American director Andrei Serban, "E Biagoresqo Drom / The Endless Journey", a documentary about the Rroma/Gypsy communities of Romania. Professor Mihai works as freelance cameraman for various news org. such Bloomberg televison news, BBC America, Austrian TV, CNN. Since 1996, he has taught undergraduates and graduates "Electronic News Gathering".

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Dateline NYC

Days: Tuesday, Thursday 3pm to 6pm

Room:

Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 504, Section 060

Class Number: 3077 (what's this?)

» Syllabus (PDF)

This seminar introduces students to some of the best reportage and nonfiction literature of the last two centuries, with a particular focus on work produced in and about New York City. We analyze the reporting, sources, background, structure and language in a wide range of genres, including social/cultural criticism, travel writing, profiles, essays and autobiography. We look for Downtown New York City in these works as a place, a character, an idea. Good writing deserves good readers; good reading, one of life’s enduring pleasures, is the purpose and promise of this course. For College and Pre-College students. For students with and without prior journalism studies or experience.

Instructor: Carol Sternhell

Carol Sternhell writes about feminism, literature, and motherhood. Her literary criticism and essays on feminist scholarship have appeared in The Village Voice, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, Ms., and The Women's Review of Books. She was the founding director of NYU's undergraduate women's studies program and served for years as associate editor of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Before coming to NYU, she worked as an editor at Newsday, a general assignment reporter for the New York Post, and a freelance magazine writer. She began her journalistic career as an editor of The Harvard Crimson during the days of anti-Vietnam War protest.

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Personal Essay

Days: Tuesday, Thursday 6pm to 9pm

Room:

Catalog & Section Number: JOUR-UA 202, Section 060

Class Number: 3075 (what's this?)

» Syllabus (PDF)

Do you have something to say? A story to tell? An application essay to write? An original voice? This course will nurture that voice, help shape the stories, sharpen your skills. The personal essay is a popular form of nonfiction writing, cherished by both writers and readers, but crafting a successful essay is a difficult skill. How can we be self-revealing without being self-indulgent? How can we make our own experiences powerful for others? In this course students will read some of the best essays around, from Langston Hughes to Joan Didion to Oliver Sacks to Marjorie Williams and write their own, taking each one through several drafts. The heart of the course will be close reading and editing of student work. For College and Pre-College students. For students with and without prior journalism studies or experience.

Instructor: Carol Sternhell

Carol Sternhell writes about feminism, literature, and motherhood. Her literary criticism and essays on feminist scholarship have appeared in The Village Voice, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, Ms., and The Women's Review of Books. She was the founding director of NYU's undergraduate women's studies program and served for years as associate editor of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Before coming to NYU, she worked as an editor at Newsday, a general assignment reporter for the New York Post, and a freelance magazine writer. She began her journalistic career as an editor of The Harvard Crimson during the days of anti-Vietnam War protest.

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