Editorial Writing Calendar

January 20: Welcome and Introduction

January 22: Introduction continued; Please bring in an editorial from a daily newspaper

January 27: Rystrom, "Historical Summary," Pp. 38-39 and chapters 2 and 3.

January 29: Remember to start building a folder of handouts

February 3: Quiz: Chapter 10

February 5: Blogging on "To Publish or Not to Publish"

February 10: Quiz: Chapter 11

February 12: First editorial due

February 17: Follow a Monday schedule today

February 19: Quiz: Chapter 12; Short editorial due

February 24: Quiz: Chapters 13 and 14

February 26: Third Editorial Due

March 3: Quiz: Chapter 15

March 5: Fourth and final editorial due

March 10: Midterm Exam

March 12: More on endorsing candidates

SPRING BREAK

March 24: Quiz: Chapter 18; Please bring in a column from a daily newspaper

March 26: More on columns and columnists

March 31: Quiz: Chapter 19

April 2: More on the editorial pages broadly considered

April 7: Quiz: Chapter 4

April 9: Column due

April 14: Quiz: Chapter 5

April 16: Review

April 21: Class cancelled

April 23: Quiz: Chapter 8

April 28: Presentations on columnists; Quiz: Chapter 9

April 30: Last day of class; Presentations on columnists; Study on columnists due

May 7: Final exam -- 8 a.m.; Final Column due 1