What's Your Issue???

Here it is:  Your chance to make the world a better place through journalism!

EVERYONE in the class will be working on a Social Issue project this semester.  This is your Special Report Assignment, and will take the place of your "Beat" during at least one of our broadcasts.

Here are your choices:

1.  Bullying Project (Chris Schueler).  Work begins on this immediately, with a delivery date of final segment on April 1.

See full project description on the back board. 


I need to know who's interested in working with Chris Schueler on the Bullying project.  Again, the opportunity to have your work seen on multiple tv stations around the state, and online, is phenomenal!  Please let me know today if you will sign on to this project.



2.  DWI Project (Lonnie Anderson).  Work begins on this in the next week, with a delivery date TBD.

This Thursday, we'll go to the PAC for a workshop with artist and media guru Lonnie Anderson.  He's asked to work with you-----yes, YOU!!!---on an upcoming collaboration with the NMDOT (New Mexico Department of Transportation).  That means statewide exposure for your work! 


3.  Cuidando Los Ninos (Vittoria Totaro). Work begins on this in one week, with a delivery date of April 15.  NOTE:  This project can have multiple teams, each of which will create a 30-second PSA for one of the following 5 social justice issues relating to poverty: 
child and family homelessness, education, immigration, unemployment, or domestic violence 
 

Full project details are printed out and available on the back board.  This is a competition, with monetary prizes for the winners.

4.  Social Issue of your choosing.   Please note that you will have to propose not only the topic, but at least one distribution option in addition to school-wide broadcast.  The end product will be a 60- to 90-second Special Report or 60-second Public Service Announcement (PSA). Work begins on this in one week, with a delivery date of April 1.