Text Box: Writing Workshop: Writing for The Spectrum Charity Vogel Mondays 5:00 - 5:50 Reg. No. 046311 Text Box: 395 Text Box: Want to write and get your work published? Looking for a way to make your resume look fabulous? How about getting a chance to see the way UB “really” works--and getting to talk to the important people on campus? (Not to mention working with very cool students and making good friends!) UB’s Spectrum needs students who are aggressive, self-motivated, and willing to meet deadlines on a weekly basis. As a writer for one of the Spectrum’s desks (such as campus news, features, or sports), you’ll be required to report and write at least ten stories over the course of the semester that will be published in the paper. You’ll also be required to attend weekly meetings every Monday at 5:00 p.m. in the Spectrum offices to discuss your work and the news going on in the world around you--from campus events to the international scene. In addition, you will spend one night during the semester helping out the Spectrum editors with the production of the paper--editing and laying out the paper for the presses. At the end of the semester, you will be required to submit a portfolio of the work you have done for the paper over the course of the semester. No prior knowledge of journalism is necessary, but you do need to be a capable writer with solid basic writing skills. Completion of English 201 or its equivalent should be considered a minimum qualification before registering. Also, you are expected to attend a mandatory organizational meeting that will be held at the beginning of the semester. Please check the Spectrum for details. If you have any questions, please stop in to the Spectrum offices and ask! Welcome aboard! Text Box: Literary Journalism Professor Howard Wolf MWF 1:00 - 1:50 Reg. No. 427174 Text Box: 397 Text Box: We’ll look first at a collection of 20th century essays to get some idea of the range of subject matter and variety of expression possible within the field of what some people now call the “fourth genre” (that is, creative non-fiction) and a few longer works. We then will look at some “living” examples of what we’re talking about--current issues of some leading journals that we can buy off the rack--The New Yorker, The Nation, etc. Then each student will be asked to write about one area of the arts or society as professionally as possible: books, travel, autobiography, movies, art, photography, etc. Some of this work will be duplicated and discussed by the class in general. By looking at what has been done in the field from 1900 to the present, and what is being written now, and by paying attention to what you are in the process of creating, we will have fulfilled our responsibilities. Attendance and participation required; no late written assignments. The instructor reserves the right to give quizzes and exams.