Journalism As Literature

2011-08-13T08:19:00.003-04:00

JOU 6309 Journalism as Literature1090 Weimer Hall Tuesday 4:05 – 7:05 p.m.Dr. Ronald R. Rodgers / Office: 3058 Weimer e-mail: rrodgers@jou.ufl.edu Class blog: http://nopyramid.blogspot.com/ The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read.– Oscar Wilde (1891) This course lies at the crossroads of journalism and literature. During

Learning to Read

2010-10-05T15:23:00.000-04:00

Learning to Read by Malcolm X - 1 - Born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, Malcolm X was one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of black America during the 1960s. A street hustler convicted of robbery in 1946, he spent seven years in prison, where he educated himself and became a disciple of Elijah Muhammad, founder of the Nation of Islam. In the days of the civil rights movement,

Hell's Angels Excerpt

2010-10-05T06:23:00.000-04:00

Read an ExcerptHell's Angelsby Hunter S. ThompsonRoll em, boys California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur . . . The Menace is

Paper Example 4

2010-09-17T17:31:00.000-04:00

Sports Journalism as Moral and Ethical Discourse Authors: Thomas P. Oatesa; John Paulyb Affiliations: a Northern Illinois University, b Marquette University, To cite this Article: Oates, Thomas P. and Pauly, John 'Sports Journalism as Moral and Ethical Discourse', Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 22:4, 332 - 347 Abstract This paper explores the marginalized practice of sportswriting to

Paper Example 2

2010-09-17T15:52:00.004-04:00

REPORTER AT LARGE Morris Markey's literary journalism in The New Yorker Introduction (this is a fairly short intro) If his writing is a reliable guide to his personality, Morris Markey (1899-1950) was pompous, self-centered and condescending. His journalistic work is of mixed quality, and his reporting career is bracketed by two novels most charitably described as tepid. He apparently had

Paper Proposal Example 3

2010-09-08T14:09:00.002-04:00

By Tracy Kidder Modern Library (C)1997 Random House Inc.All rights reserved.ISBN: 0-679-60261-5 CHAPTER ONE How to Make a Lot of Money For a time after the first pieces of Route 495 were laid down across central Massachusetts, in the middle 1960s, the main hazard to drivers was deer. About fifteen years

Tom French on Organizing Narrative

2010-06-22T20:27:00.000-04:00

I'm kind of odd in that I actually enjoy organization. I love going through mynotes, searching through the stacks of reports, looking for the detail that willmake this section or that scene come alive. I particularly love making outlines;often, when I'm reading a book or watching a movie, I map the story out in myhead for fun. (Like I said, odd.) A few things I try

Gonzo Journalism's Return

2010-06-22T18:29:00.000-04:00

By Howard Kurtz/ Washington Post Staff WriterMonday, October 23, 2006; C01Matt Taibbi doesn't believe in understatement.In his latest article, he calls the 109th Congress "the most shameful, corrupt and incompetent period in the history of the American legislative branch." And he doesn't stop there. Congress is "a historical punch line, a political obscenity on par with the court of Nero or

On Gonzo

2010-06-22T18:20:00.001-04:00