Book Club Presentation Example

This is a link to a very creative book club presentation on The Forever War done by students in my fall 2010 Journalistic Essay course.

Dexter Filkins

Filkins now writes for The New Yorker and formally wrote for The New York Times. This is a link to his New yorker bio. May be of interest for those of you studying The Forever War.

Tom Piazza

This is a link to Tom Piazza's website for those of your studying Why New Orleans Matters.

Mike Rose Blog

For those of you reading and presenting on The Mind At Work, you may find this link to Mike Rose's blog helpful. He writes weekly on it.

Publication Options

Below you will find the list of publication options you all found in class last week as well as some others located by past students and myself.

American Journal of Undergraduate Research -A refereed journal for undergraduate research in the pure and applied sciences, mathematics, engineering, technology, and related areas in education.

http://corp.thephoenix.com/?redir=boston -free publication, accept writings from anyone (music, plays ,restaurants, profiles)

http://glimpse.org/the-correspondents-program/ -amazing opportunity to travel and publish (matador and glimpse)

AGNIonline: This is a site that publishes interviews, essays, reviews, poetry, and anything else you see fit. It is an extension of a print literary magazine published by Boston University.http://www.bu.edu/agni/index.html

Moxie Magazine online: a site for women writers.www.moxiemag.com

http://www.questia.com/library/jp-education.jsp?CRID=jp_education&OFFID=se1jp&gclid=CMv7zvuIt6wCFcV_5QodBxA9HA
This publication offers a range from newspapers, journal entries, even books, for any one to view.

http://classroomedition.com/cre/
This offers students to send in work and be published in the wall street.

Yankee Magazine- New England based magazine that publishes local human interest pieces.

OnEarth- online publication focused on environmental issues.

The Bridge- Bridgewater State University creative arts journal.

Boston Literary Magazine- Boston based magazine that publishes a variety of literary categories.

Destructoid- Online gaming publication.

Interim- Publishes a variety of literary work including book reviews.

Black Warrior Review- Mainly focused on poetry and fiction.

Angelingo- Publication from University of Southern California.

The Comment- Bridgewater State University student run newspaper.

Undergraduate Review- Bridgewater State University research and creative work journal.

Time Magazine topics

Check out Time magazine for a some current feature topic ideas. These articles can help you with style, structure, and topic.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

TImes topics

This link connects to the New York Times Topic page which can give you an idea of current feature ideas. Check it out. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

A sample Talk of the Town from a Student

A thought I would share a sample Talk of the Town piece with you that a student wrote for this class last year. Notice the tone she takes and how informative the piece is. This is just one example of what a "Talk" could look like.

Journalistic Essay Talk of the Town

Tools for Talk of the Town

These sites may prove useful for gathering research for your Talk of the Town:

Bridgewater State University - Student Involvement

Bridgewater State University -Homecoming

Bridgewater State University- Library

Brockton Enterprise

Talk of The Town

This video is a funny piece that The New Yorker put out this past summer when they celebrated 50 years of Talk of The Town. While meant to be entertaining, it does suggest what types of stories are interesting to write about and what people will find boring.

Award Winning Profile Essays

This Blog lists a variety of award winning profile essays that you may be interested in checking out as you write your own.

The New Yorker

The New Yorker is a magazine that has a variety of essays and articles that directly pertain to topics we will be writing about and discussing this semester including Profiles and Talk of the Town pieces.

We will use blogs to reflect on the reading, writing, and discussion we do in class this semester. Details of blog requirements can be found on the course website under assignments then blogs. Additionally, use your blog space to pose any questions relating to English 280 that you want to share with your classmates and me, any interesting or helpful class related items you come across, and to respond and communicate with your peers. Be sure to write not only on your own blogs, but on your classmates as well. Blogs should create a conversation outside of the walls of our classroom. In addition, be sure to take advantage of the affordances blogs have to offer. Use hyper links to link to material on other places of the web and put images, video, and any thing else available to you in your blog posts. Most importantly, have fun blogging!