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PROFILE REPORTS
The Profile reports are designed to introduce you to many members of the broadcasting profession. You are required to write a biography for 3-people whom currently or in the past work in either or both television, radio, print or broadcast journalism. The teacher MUST APPROVE ALL profiles BEFORE YOU BEGIN. You are required to read 3-profiles:
1)Someone related to the history of the broadcasting industry.
2)A Broadcaster (news personality)
3)Your Choice
After you have read each profile, you need to critique it by using the guidelines below:
INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH: The introductory paragraph should include the Profile person’s name. Also, include an explanation for why you selected this person (what you planned to learn or discover). If you use an Internet article be sure to include the wed address … NOT a search engine. (Biography.com is a search engine.) For example a complete website would be scientist/profile/farnsworth03.html If you use a book or magazine then include title of book or magazine, name of the author, volume number [if applicable], date, and page number of publication (i.e. John Doe, The Early Days of Television, New York Times, vol. #11, June 16, 1990, p.16 -17). If you use additional information or web sites be sure to include the web site and the print out of the profile. If you use additional sites web sites bonus points 3 points each.
BODY PARAGRAPHS:You will need at least three body paragraphs; many of you will need more to explain the following information. One paragraph needs to include: Historical background data: where they were born, date of birth, where they went to school what the studied. Next paragraph include: work history, their first job and how it lead to where they are now. Final paragraph should include: any and all awards and professional organizational memberships and affiliations and any special projects or interest that they have.
You need to include a complete search of the biographical background information about your person. You need to use more than one Internet article to research the complete biographical background on your person.
CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH:The conclusion should include a summary of the 3 main points from the body. Your conclusion should also include your opinion about the person (if it was interesting or not). Be sure to justify your opinion of the profile.
Last Paragraph is a RECOMMENDATION: Finally, include a recommendation to read or not to read this profile. Be sure to justify your recommendation. Also include in your recommendations if the profile should be added or deleted from the list and why.
FORMAT: All reports are required to be typed. The font style will be Tahoma and print size will be 12 or 14. You must double-space the article report. You MUST also double space between each complete sentence. There needs to be a 2-inch margin on the left, a 1-inch margin on the right and a 1-inch margin on the top and bottom.
Heading:
Be sure to place the Profile Person’s name at the top of your report creating a heading. Be sure to underline the Profile Person’s name, use font size 20, and capitalize the entire name.
Title Page:
All article reports need to have a title page. **The title page needs to include: your name, grade level, class period, the title of all 3-Profiles, and state at the bottom of the page “This is in partial requirement for the Television Production Course at Woodland Hills High School.” Then be sure to put your written Profile in the order used on the title page. Place the Title page on top and then put your 3 Profile Reports behind the title page. Then staple the title page and the 3 Profile Reports together. The margins on the title page are 1 inch all around. Be sure to the same font and make the size 20 points.
Original Internet Articles: You are required to turn in each of the Internet Profile Biographies that you used for your Profile reports. Each original Profile biography from the Internet is worth 10 points totaling 30 points. Put your 3 Internet biographies in the same order as the names you listed on your Title page. Then staple your 3 Internet Profile biographies together.
Outline Rubrics: You are to turn in each of the Outline Rubrics that you completed for your Profile reports. Each outline rubric original is worth 40 points totaling 120 points. Put your 3 outline Rubrics in the same order as the names you listed on your Title page. Then staple your 3 Outline Rubrics together.
Evaluation Packet. You are required to fill out the evaluation packet. On the grade sheet (first page) you are to put your name and the date you turned in your project. Then list the titles of your reports in the order you used on your title page. The grade sheet is worth 10 points. Then fill out the top part of each form in the packet, include your name, and write the name of the person, class period and the date you are turning in your project. Each page of the evaluation packet is worth 5 points. All total the evaluation Packet is worth 20 points. Be sure to put the forms in the same order as your Title Page. Then staple this evaluation packet together. You will lose points if they are not in order.
Order of the Completed material:
Once you have completed everything there is a specific order to use. On the top is the Evaluation packet. Next, place the Title Page and your Profile Reports. Then put your Outline Rubrics. Finally, place the stapled Internet biographies in place. This specific order is worth 25 points, 5 points each
The combined Profile reports (3) are worth 195 points. Each individual article report is worth 65 points. The title page is worth 30 points. The Evaluation Packet is worth 20 points. Internet articles are 30 points. The Outline Rubrics are worth 120 points as well. The correct order is worth 25 points. Remember there is a specific order to the Profile report completed material.
The total value of the completed Profile report is 420. The grading system for your Profile reports is as follows:
420 to 378 = A
377 to 336 = B
335 to 294 = C
293 to 252 = D
251 & below = F
PLAGIARISM:
Plagiarism is the illegal use of another’s idea, words, sentences, and or paragraphs. BE CERTAIN TO WRITE YOUR REPORT IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Plagiarism will constitute a zero for the individual report.
- Your Profile Reports are due 3rd Friday in December.
- There will be 50 points Extra Credit if Reports
are turned in on or before the 1st Friday in December.
- There will be 25points Extra Credit if Reports are
turned in the 2nd Friday in December.
Possible Profiles
Select at least 4 people (living or deceased) from the list or you can select broadcasting personalities of your own. Remember the teacher MUST approve the people you select.
Bryant Gumbel Don CanonJoe DeNardo
Katie CouricMatt LauerAl Roker
Andrew StockeyPeggy FinnaginTom Brokaw
Patrice King-BrownBrenda WatersDavid Johnson
Ken RiceJohn SingletonTom Joyner
Star JonesHoward SternSally Wiggins
Mike ClarkSheldon IngramMike Wallace
Dan RatherConnie ChungLynn Hayes-Freeland
John StigerwalKevin BensonJacqueline Adams
Larry RichertSpike LeeOprah Winfrey
Chris BermanJohn MaddinRehema Ellis
Marilyn Brooks (Medical Reporter)John FedkoM. Night Shyamalan
Ted KoppleJay LenoDavid Lettermen
Jimmy KimmelConan O’BrianDarieth Chisolm
Ed GordonCathy Hughes (radio & TV1 station Owner)
Tavis SmileyTex Avery (animator)Petey Green
Don Imus
Historical Figures
Select at least 1 person (living or deceased) from the list or you can select broadcasting personalities of your own. Remember the teacher MUST approve the people you select.
Walter CronkiteDavid BrinkleyEdward R. Murrow
Vladimer ZworkynLee DeForestDavid Sarnoff
Charles Van DorenReginald FessendenJohn Logi Baird
Max RobinsonMr. Fred RogersDr. Frank Conrad
Philo T. FarnsworthMajor Edwin ArmstrongGuglielmo Marconi
Ambrose FlemingHeinrich Rudolph HertzGordon Parks
Barbara WaltersPaul Long (WTAE)Bill Burns (KDKA)
Patti Burns (KDKA)Willard ScottBill Cardille (WPXI)
Howard CossellPeter JenningsEd Bradley
Art BuchwaldDon Hewitt
What isPlagiarism?
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means
- to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
- to use (another's production) without crediting the source
- to commit literary theft
- to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.
But can words and ideas really be stolen?
According to U.S. law, the answer is yes. The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property, and is protected by copyright laws, just like original inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way (such as a book or a computer file).
What are the penalties for plagiarism?
Woodland Hills School District PLAGIARISM POLICY
Plagiarism is the act of intentionally or unintentionally treating work done by someone else as though it were your own. Students who engage in plagiarism or are in violation of the Plagiarism Policy and are subject to disciplinary action that may include, but not be limited to the following: a grade of zero, “0”, for the assignment, or a failing grade for the grading period, a Chapter Four violation, and/or recommendation for expulsion from the school district. Acts of Plagiarism should be written up on a discipline referral.
How should students avoid plagiarism?
Students must carefully read class assignments to ascertain their instructors' preferences in terms of citation style. If there is any question, students are strongly encouraged to speak with their instructors for clarification.
To avoid plagiarism, students must provide proper credit when using:
- another person's ideas, opinions, or theories;
- any information that is not common knowledge (e.g., facts, statistics, graphs, illustrations);
- quotations of another person's spoken or written words; or
- paraphrases of another person's spoken or written words.
What is and what is not considered common knowledge?
Common knowledge is defined as factual information that is generally known by many people, and that can be found in numerous places. It is not necessary for students to cite common knowledge information.
An example of common knowledge:
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States.
This is generally known information. It is not necessary for students to cite an information source for this fact. However, students must document facts that are not generally known, or ideas that interpret facts.
An example of information that is not common knowledge:
According to Bridget Stutchbury, the scientist who wrote the book, Silence of the Songbirds, it is possible that one half of the world's songbird populations have been lost since the 1940s.
The idea that songbird populations have been lost is not a fact but an interpretation based upon the author's observations. Students must provide a proper citation for this kind of information.