The RW1:

Below is a picture of my RW1 class lead by Prof. Sig Gissler. RW1 is the core reporting and writing class. In the class each student is assigned a section of New York as their beat. I've been assigned East Harlem.

The course work:

Full Syllabus

The assignments:
Below I am listing the articles I submitted, then the PDF version of the edits I received.

August stories:
Remembering 9-11- submitted article - edited PDF
Business profile- submitted article - edited PDF

Week 1- Tues. Sept. 3: Covering New York City
Seminar: New York City today; Discuss "beatnotes" and getting people to open up
Guest: Lydia Polgreen, reporter, New York Times (class of ’00); K.C. Baker, reporter, People magazine; former New York Daily News reporter (class of ’95)
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: "Remembering 9/11" feature story, due 9 a.m. Thursday
Length: 700-800 words
Reading: Mencher, Chapters 13 through 17; Chapter 24 (pages 610-614)
submitted article - edited PDF [coming soon]

Week 2- Mon., Sept. 9: Covering Welfare and Poverty
Seminar: The welfare reform controversy; Discuss neighborhood-life and lab stories; Discuss enterprise project
Guest: Professor LynNell Hancock, former education editor, Newsweek
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Human impact of welfare reform, due Wednesday; Three enterprise project ideas, due Monday, Sept. 30
Reading: Mencher, Chapters 18, 20; Cose, Chapter 5
submitted article - edited PDF

*Special Story- Day in the Life of a 9-11 Victim
submitted article - edited PDF

Week 3-Mon., Sept. 16 Yom Kippur: Covering Police
Seminar: The cops and their culture
Guest: Al Baker, police reporter, New York Times
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Police story, due Wednesday
Reading: Mencher, Chapter 19, 24
submitted article - edited PDF

Week 4- Mon., Sept. 23: Covering Education
Seminar: Inside the schools
Guest: Jacques Steinberg, national education reporter, The New York Times
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Neighborhood school story, due 9 a.m. Thursday
submitted article - edited PDF

Week 5- Mon., Sept. 30: Covering Local Government
Seminar: Penetrating City Hall
Guest: Michael Powell, Washington Post, New York bureau chief
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Neighborhood issue story, due Wednesday
Reading: Mencher, Chapter 21
submitted article - edited PDF [coming soon]

Week 6- Mon., Oct. 7: Covering Courts
Three enterprise project ideas due
Seminar: Covering courts
Field trip: Manhattan criminal courts (No lab drill)
Assignment: Courts story, deadlines to be assigned; Neighborhood personality profile, due Wednesday, Nov. 20, 9 a.m.; Enterprise project, due Dec. 2, 9 a.m.
TENTATIVE: "Police ride" on Oct. 12; assignment due Monday
Reading: Mencher, Chapters 8, 10 (Ullmann & Colbert, Chapters 1 through 7, worth reading)
submitted article - edited PDF [coming soon]

Week 7- Mon., Oct. 14 Columbus Day: Enterprise Reporting
Seminar: Discuss projects and long-form writing
Guest: Bruce DeSilva, news features editor, Associated Press
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Progress report on enterprise project, due 6 p.m. Wednesday
Reading: Mencher, Chapter 17 (review pages 420-425); Handouts (Cose, Chapters 1, 2, 3; Sleeper, Chapters 4, 5, worth reading)
NOTE: Schedule midterm one-on-one session
no story due

Week 8- Mon., Oct. 21: Covering Race and Ethnicity
Seminar: Race, ethnicity, immigration
Guest: Elizabeth Llorente, immigration reporter, The (Bergen) Record Lab: Deadline writing
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Race in the neighborhood, due 9 a.m. Thursday
Reading: Mencher, Chapters 26, 27; review Chapter 24 (pages 610-614)
submitted article - edited PDF

Week 9- Mon., Oct. 28: Covering Politics and Elections
Seminar: The political beat; The Jeffrey Dahmer case
Guest: TBA
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: TBA
Reading: Mencher, Chapters 11, 12
submitted article - edited PDF [coming soon]

Week 10- Mon., Nov. 4: Open Week (Election story option?)
Seminar: Profile writing techniques
Guest: Jerry Gray, editor, Continuous News Department, New York Times
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Work on personality profile, due Monday, Nov. 18, 9 a.m.
submitted article - edited PDF [coming soon]

Week 11- Mon., Nov. 11: Covering Health Issues
Seminar: The changing face of AIDS
Guest (tentative): Linda Villarosa, writer, New York Times
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Living with AIDS, due 9 a.m. Thursday
submitted article - edited PDF [coming soon]

Week 12- Mon., Nov. 18: Investigative Journalism; Personality profile due Wednesday, 9 a.m.
Seminar: Digging out the tough story; Discuss health story
Guest: Heidi Evans, investigative reporter, New York Daily News
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Work on enterprise story, 800-word draft due 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2
Reading: Mencher, Chapter 23
submitted article - edited PDF [coming soon]

Week 13- Mon., Nov. 25: Covering Business and the Economy
Seminar: Business news today; Discuss final touches on long-form stories; Discuss profiles
Guest (tentative): Jason Zweig, Money magazine columnist
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Work on enterprise story. Draft due Monday.
submitted article - edited PDF [coming soon]

Thanksgiving recess 11/28-12/1

Week 14- Mon., Dec. 2: Covering Gender Issues; Draft of enterprise story due
Seminar: Gender issues
Guest (tentative): Ruth Padawer, gender/relationships reporter, The (Bergen) Record
Lab: Deadline writing
Assignment: Complete enterprise story. Due Monday
submitted article - edited PDF [coming soon]

Week 15- Mon., Dec. 9: Jobs Panel; Enterprise story due
Seminar: How to get a job
Guests: Former RW1 reporters
no story due

End-of-term holiday recess, 12/20 to 1/20