Some of you may be stressing out about this assignment, so I thought I'd give you a few websites to help you sharpen your journalism skills:
http://www.ohlone.edu/people/bparks/basic_news_writing.html
This article looks long, but it's full of great info. Focus on the stuff under these headings:
The 5 'W's
News Values
The Nut Graph
For really basic journalism stuff:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/journalism/resource/6042.html
These are nice examples of author interviews:
Amy Tan http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/12.14.95/tan-9550.html
Kurt Vonnegut http://www.progressive.org/mag_intv0603
I'll try to get more links up over the weekend!
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You decide to post this at 8:22PM, the night before the rough draft is due?!
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I know, I know... seems pretty stupid! Honestly, I really didn't think anyone would even check it tonight.
I was just thinking that you could use a little help with the editing over the weekend. You still have four days before the final drafts are due!
Nice picture mr. lyon! Did you have fun at MayFest?
how many humps did that camel have? LOL
The camel had one hump... and it's owner carried a machine gun!
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