Nov.+17


 * Assignment due today:**

Your selection of the most valuable sources you found on your topic, with annotations, are due on your group page Wednesday. You can list them in the comment/forum section on your group page or attach a Word document.

Here's a sample annotation that follows the format you should use for the assignment:

Resisting the Online Tracking Programs The New York Times, Nov. 10, 2010 By RIVA RICHMOND This article provides an excellent overview of tools consumers can use to maintain some degree of privacy while using the Internet. The article includes a link to a page on how to clean cookies from different browsers, as well as a description of plug-ins and software programs you can install on your computer to reduce the ability of companies to track your online movements. While it has a bit of a snarky introduction (referencing teenage bedrooms) it has descriptions and links to more than 15 tools that consumers who care about privacy may want to use and install. Of all the sources of information we found on privacy, this one has the most practical information about tools people can use to control access to their private information.

The annotations should include a description of the source (including headline, link, source, author and date); a brief summary of the information it includes, why you think it's valuable and how it fits in with your other sources.

The [|final project assignment is available here.]

Class Topic:

In order to be a successful journalist there are a few traits journalists must possess in order to be not only productive, but effective as well.

Characteristics of a successful journalist:

-Persistent: A successful journalist practices persistence always willing to work around whatever obstacles that may exist between them and the goal of a timely publication.

-Resourceful: A successful journalist is resourceful and utilizes their personal and business connections in order to receive the upper hand in an news related event.

-Reliable performance: A successful journalist remains calm and steady when faced with a rushed deadline able to continue the revision process in a smooth, precise, and efficient manner, right up to the deadline.