MOSAIC SCHEDULE
June 29 – July 11, 2003
San Jose State University
(schedule subject to change)

Sunday June 29
2 to 3 p.m. Check into San Jose State dorm; meet roommate
3 to 5 p.m. Reception, dinner for Mosaic reporters, parents and staff
5 to 9 p.m. Get acquainted workshop with fellow reporters & editors.

Monday June 30
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Get familiar with computers
Instruction by Mack Lundstrom, SJSU
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Workshop: “Focusing Your Story Ideas” (Donna Kato)
11 a.m. Guest Speaker: Mercury News Reporter David Early
“Wonderful World of Journalism”
12 Noon Newsroom lunch
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Write story ideas & roommate bios
2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Workshops:
“Reporting Fundamentals” (Dan Vasquez)
“How a Newsroom Works“ (Sam Diaz)
4:30 p.m. Meet with your editors to discuss story/photo ideas
5:30 p.m. Break
6 p.m. Dinner with Mosaic alumni

Tuesday July 1
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
9:30 a.m. Meet with editors for assignments; write budget lines.
10:30 a.m. Workshops
“Being Edited: What it really means” (Sam Diaz)
“Newsroom Ethics” (Lori Aratani)
Noon Lunch
1 p.m. Mock Press Conference
2 p.m. Write stories from press conference
3 p.m. Begin work on Mosaic assignments
5 p.m. Break
6 p.m. Dinner with professional journalists

Wednesday July 2
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
9:30 a.m. Check in with your editors; Report. Report. Report.
Noon Lunch
1 to 5 p.m. Reporting time
5 p.m. Break
6 p.m. Dinner and/or group outing

Thursday July 3
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
9:30 a.m. Check in with your editors; Finalize budgets and photos.
Noon Lunch
1 to 5 p.m. Reporting time
5 p.m. Break
6 p.m. Dinner with photojournalists and slide show.

Friday July 4
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
9:30 a.m. Check in with your editors; Reporting time.
Noon Group Outing! Take the rest of the day off!

Saturday July 5 DEADLINE DAY! First drafts due by 5 p.m.
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
10:30 a.m. Check in with your editors; Reporting time
Noon Lunch
1 to 5 p.m. Reporting time
5 p.m. Break
6 p.m. Dinner and/or group outing

Sunday July 6
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
10:30 a.m. Check in with your editors;
10:45 a.m. First drafts edited. Re-writes and/or more reporting
Noon Lunch
1 to 5 p.m. Reporting. Writing. Working. Deadlines!
5 p.m. Break
6 p.m. Dinner and/or work time

Monday July 7
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
9:30 a.m. Check in with your editors;
First drafts edited. Re-writes and/or more reporting
Noon Lunch
1 to 5 p.m. Reporting. Writing. Working. Deadlines!
5 p.m. Break
6 p.m. Dinner and/or work time

Tuesday July 8
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
9:30 a.m. Check in with your editors; work on stories
Noon Lunch
1 to 5 p.m. Reporting. Writing. Working. Deadlines!
5 p.m. Break
6 p.m. Dinner and/or work time

Wednesday July 9 – PRODUCTION DAY
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Working breakfast: Read Mercury News; news quiz
9:30 a.m. Check in with your editors; work on stories
Noon Lunch
1 to 5 p.m. Reporting. Writing. Working!
5 p.m. FINAL DEADLINE. All Stories Due!
6 p.m. Dinner in the newsroom; polish stories with editors.

Thursday July 10 A DAY AT THE MERCURY NEWS
8:30 a.m. On the road to the Mercury News
9:00 a.m. Tour of the Press Room
9:30 a.m. “THE PRESS RUN”
10:30 a.m. Late breakfast at the Merc
11:00 a.m.
- Tour of the San Jose Mercury News plant
- Meet the Interns
- A sit-down with SJMN Publisher Joe Natoli and Executive Editor Susan Goldberg
7 p.m. Farewell dinner

Friday July 11
9 to 10 a.m. Working breakfast.
10:30 a.m. Critique the Mosaic
Noon Farewell lunch
1 to 2 p.m. Check out of dorm

*** Parents should arrange to pick up students before 2 p.m. on Friday July 11.