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JOU 220: Active Learning Document
Most of you have turned in your first piece of writing, so now it’s time to take a second and reflect on what we’ve done with direct and applied learning techniques.
1. Pitching stories: We discussed where to go for stories and how to research stories. Describe the outlets you used to find the story you wrote about and the places you used to get background materials for the pitch. How did that match up with the directed learning we did re: the research and finding?
2. Preparing: We discussed writing questions and finding sources. Describe your process for finding sources — did you use any of the directed learning we did — and describe how you used the questions for your interviews (was it helpful or not, did you go off script, did you write out questions for follow up interviews?)
3. Writing: We discussed the component parts of a story. When you were writing, did you think about each component individually? Describe your process and how you wrote to the components.
4. Editing. We haven’t spent much time discussing the editing process, but we have done a fair amount of top and line editing. Describe your rewriting process in terms of the components of a story. When you were rewriting, how did you keep track of the story elements and how did you make sure you continued to write for those elements.
5. Next story. Describe how you will approach the entirety of this story differently based upon your first experience.
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