- Discussion: Killer Robots
- Reporting updates/check-ins
Reminder: Rough draft of feature is due next Monday, September 19.
What I will be looking for:
EVIDENCE OF SOLID REPORTING
Multiple sources cited, quotes correctly attributed, statistics or other research that back up your assertions and provide context for story
My first journalism professor had an automatic failure policy for stories where students misreported or misspelled any proper name, whether it was a street or a person. That was a graduate-level course so I won’t be quite that strict with you guys, but I relay that fact simply to impress upon you the seriousness of any mistake that would require a correction to be issued. Corrections are really embarrassing.
FOUNDATIONS OF GOOD WRITING
Proper spelling, grammar, AP style
STORYTELLING
Structure, pacing, ability to sketch out a scene, use of narrative devices
EVIDENCE THAT YOU’RE DEVELOPING A STYLE
Style sometimes varies depending on audience. It can be formal or informal, light and funny or somber, conversational, succinct, or profane.
3. Reading Assignment: Pearls Before Breakfast