UCF Closing

UCF is closing the campus and thus we will not have class today, Tuesday. There is no new homework other than getting to know your beat.

Covering legislation

Here is a link to all local laws/ordinances in Florida.

Here is a good explanation of how a law is approved at the state level. (Although it is not actually Florida, most state approval works the same way.)

Here is another good resource.

Meetings

Here is a meeting preview.

Here is an explanatory meeting preview story.

Here is an average story that came out of a meeting. (This is not an actual meeting story.)

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Beat Communities

Oviedo:
Katie Adams
Jerriann Sullivan

Sanford:
Adolfo Ceballis
Tim McGowan


Casselberry:
Sarah Wilson
Sarah Kezer

Winter Garden:
Amanda Friel
James C.

Chapter 3: Accuracy

Albert Brooks

Neighborhood Approach

Veteran's Oral History Project

Here is a link to the UCF Veterans' Oral History Project. The oral history you collect will be stored at the UCF Special Collection Archives and the Library of Congress.

Welcome to Public Affairs Reporting

Welcome to Public Affairs Reporting.

Over the next few class periods, you will receive your beat community - a self-governing city in Orange or Seminole County. You will cover this community for the rest of semester and pitch story ideas about what is happening. You will be competing with two classmates on these pitches. We will go over examples in class.

Your goal is to put public affairs reporting into practice. I am available for any questions along the way.