CLICK TO GO HOME| Week and day | JMC 413 ADVANCED EDITING SCHEDULE |
| 1/ Monday, Aug. 23 | Introductions; overview of the course. The first of the NewsQuizzes. Handout: Resources |
| Wednesday, Aug. 25 | What's editing all about? A brief history of newspaper design and the role of copy editors. A diagnostic AP style quiz, general in scope. Handout: Newspaper design elements. |
| 2/ Monday, Aug. 30 | Introduction to QuarkXPress (“Quark,” from now on). Harrower on bio boxes (page 155). Review of copy-editing marks. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 1 | Bio boxes due at end of class (graded exercise). |
| 3/ Monday, Sept. 6 | LABOR DAY, NO CLASS |
| Wednesday, Sept. 8 | AP quiz. Basic typography, trimming stories, working with type in Quark Harrower: Have read through the first two chapters by now. |
| 4/ Monday, Sept. 13 | Infobox: Basics of AP style (graded exercise); due at beginning of next class. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 15 | Importing text into Quark |
| 5/ Monday, Sept. 20 | AP quiz. Headlines. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 22 | Stories and heads (graded exercise) Harrower: Have read Chapter 3 by now. |
| 6/ Monday, Sept. 27 | Grammar quiz (that/who/whom, indirect and direct objects). Fact-checking |
| Wednesday, Sept. 29 | Inside pages without art (graded exercise due Monday morning) |
| 7/ Monday, Oct. 4 | Writing and editing cutlines, importing art, standalones (ungraded exercise) Harrower: Have read Chapter 4 by now. |
| Wednesday, Oct. 6 | MIDTERM EXAM / note: postponed to Oct. 11. Click for a REVIEW SHEET. |
| 8/ Monday, Oct. 11 | Review of midterm Centerpieces; pull quotes (graded exercise due Monday, Oct. 18, beginning of class) Harrower: Have read Chapter 5 by now. |
| Wednesday, Oct. 13 | TBA. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE |
| 9/ Monday, Oct. 18 | AP quiz. Centerpiece assignment due today. Editing and designing inside pages with two photos (graded assignment due Monday, Oct. 25) |
| Wednesday, Oct. 20 | Grammar quiz (that/which). Harrower: Have read Chapter 6 by now. |
| 10/ Monday, Oct. 25 | AP quiz. Inside page with two photos due today. Front page elements: reefers, teasers, indexes, etc. |
| Wednesday, Oct. 27 | Full-page editing and design |
| 11/ Monday, Nov. 1 | AP punctuation quiz. Advanced work with photos |
| Wednesday, Nov. 3 | Editing crime stories (graded exercise due Wednesday, Nov. 10) |
| 12/ Monday, Nov. 8 | AP quiz. Designing the rest of the front page |
| Wednesday, Nov. 10 | GUEST SPEAKER. Terry Monmaney, executive editor, Smithsonian Magazine. Crime story due today. |
| 13/ Monday, Nov. 15 | Grammar quiz (subject/verb, subject/pronoun agreement). Front pages |
| Wednesday, Nov. 17 | Front pages (final front page due by 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 22) |
| 14/ Monday, Nov. 22 | Ethics for editors: “Jimmy's World” (handout). Front page due today |
| Wednesday, Nov. 24 | AP quiz. |
| HAPPY THANKSGIVING | |
| 15/ Monday, Nov. 29 | Poll and survey stories; math for editors |
| Wednesday, Dec. 1 | Review for final exam |
| 16/ Monday, Dec. 6 | Last Class. FINAL EXAM, Part I: given and completed today in class. Part II distributed; due on Monday. |
| Monday, Dec. 13 | 11 a.m. Part II of FINAL EXAM DUE. |