Responses – JOUR 280

Final Project (incomplete)

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Gabby Hajduk

Here is the link to my google doc right now: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1asac00zAXVoBHy1ul4xzbPDw9nUhig5xXp7MYvdnlf8/edit?usp=sharing

I posted it last night but I realized the link wasn’t working so I apologize for the late post. I still have to interview an audience member and editor from the Michigan Daily and two audience members, an editor and staff member from Ann Arbor News.

Final project (a work in progress)

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Cassidy Brandt

My project is located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11LEtOHQJLmhIE1JfgtZkbt6OjfNHmUF7tBsFNDDv0v4/edit?usp=sharing

Just in case this is still due at 9, here is my work in progress. I am missing 1 audience member for the Columbia Chronicle, 1 line-level worker for IndyStar, and the 2 audience members for IndyStar. I am still in the process of compiling all my info.

Project

Posted on December 3, 2020December 4, 2020 by Salem Isaf

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l0DybJMiKOKrNRuNQKqGBlUKRocO6Dr57IITvMl-S2Y/edit?usp=sharing

Still need all interviews from the Tribune Star, and might try to redo an audience interview with a different source. Need 1 more editor from the Indiana Statesman and I might be in contact with the copy editor and photos editor over the weekend.

Proposal

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Gabby Hajduk

Chosen News Organization: The Daily Illini
Proposed Idea: Semesterly humor/satirical edition of the paper
- With all of the negative stories that appear in the news these days, I think our student population could use a pick-me-up. We would like to entertain the idea of creating a once-a-semester comedic paper. This would not only include humor from our own writers, but also from local businesses. Some of the ideas for this paper could include:
  - Sports superlatives: Coming up with funny “awards” for UIUC athletes and coaches and writing a blurb for each one.
  - Local business meme competition: We don’t have too many ads that aren’t in house at the moment so local businesses could submit memes about themselves and the winners could get published. They may have to pay to enter.
  - Make fun of ourselves: Sometimes we take ourselves too seriously. We could find some complaints that people have made online and use them to create some self-deprecating humor like a true gen-Zer. We could use some content from the UIUC Reddit page.
  - Crazy Massmail update: This could be memes about recent Massmails from the Chancellor.
  - Crazy Police Blotters: This could be a fun way to sort of make fun of all of the things that have been going on on campus (an insane amount of vehicle thefts, big parties, etc.).
How we’ll go about this: We would start out with a comedic section in the paper. From there, we could put out ads to attract advertisers and get students excited about a funny edition of the Daily Illini. Then, perhaps before the end of this semester or next semester, we could finally release an entire paper featuring the funny ads as well as all the funny stories. It could be a shorter paper (maybe a 4×4 instead of a 6×6).