Week 7 - March 2-6
Today we’re going to look at:
1. WRITING
The importance of backgrounding (and backgrounder vs backgrounding)
Take a look at these stories chosen at random:
Conrad Black at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5835071.ece
China troops at http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/25/content_10897313.htm
Rohingya at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4793924.stm
Class exercise:
i - Write a backgrounder on:
The Prague Spring
or
The Pol Pot years
or
The Rohingya
ii - Extrapolate phrases you would use as background in a story.
2. YOUR FINAL PROJECTS
We will discuss your final projects - and note them down on your blog and the class wiki
3. CODING
i - How to back up your wordpress blog
ii - Sign up to upload your stories
iii - Texty and wordpress sidebars
iv - How to make drop down menus and use javascript
