Assignments for Week of Sept. 15

Due this week:

1) A justice beat story that you come up with on your own. Could come from court or court documents; could come from the arrest log; could be a trend or a story you trip across and recognize as news. Same rules as usual: Due at midnight the day it breaks or by noon Friday.

2) Your second beat story. I hope you are becoming familiar with your beat, meeting people and noticing news. Pick a story idea that has a good chance of panning out. Come away with a story for this week as well as some new story ideas and a couple of new sources. Build your beat.

X) You do not need to file a story from Maurice's talk.