Q: Can the outside source be the video/related links/ect from the PR Newswire website
A: No. That is not an outside source. That is a source provided by the PR firm.
Q: How do I attribute a quote from another news source
A: “Blah blah blah blah,” said So and So in an article in the Name Of [...]

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Hey all:
Your test is due at 2:40. You will email the final to my gmail account. The file will be saved: lastname.final.doc (or rtf).
You will be graded on three components: use of story elements, AP Style and grammar. You must use one outside source (from research), attributed properly, in your piece. It does not have [...]

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Hey all:
When I mark a correction (look up AP Style titles, for instance), when you do that — DELETE MY COMMENT from your paper.
Two reasons:

it will show up in your final (without markup) and if you turn that in, you will fail the assignment because the copy isn’t clean. A final with random statements in [...]

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Hey all:
I’m working on all your stories today. I’m a day late, so I’ll push back your MONDAY STORIES until Wednesday.
No freaking out.

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Hey all:
Each semester, I offer to take all my students out after the last class. If more than five of you want to meet, I’m happy to buy the  first round of adult beverages for those 21 and over and the first round of tea and such for the rest of us.
I normally do the [...]

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WEDNESDAY:

outside reading

Entertainment or News
Newspapers Use Video to Attract Readers
Pocket Journalism
Broadcast to Webcast

Critiques: Bring hard copy of Story 2 for critique
DUE: All Proficiency Tests

FRIDAY:

Story 1, draft 2 (please save as the file name that I sent you; please use the file that I sent you)
Story 2, draft 1 (please save under the proper format)

MONDAY:

Critiques [...]

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WEDNESDAY:

outside reading

Entertainment or News
Newspapers Use Video to Attract Readers
Pocket Journalism
Broadcast to Webcast

questions about stories (will go over how to track down sources as we did today)
present your pitches off the blog to the class
DUE: Drafts 1-6, emailed by START OF CLASS

FRIDAY:

Draft 7 and 8

MONDAY:

Critiques
Writing Pitches 9 and 10
Writing issues
DUE: FINAL 1-6 stories
DUE: ALL PROFICIENCY EXAMS

WEDNESDAY:

discussion [...]

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Hey all:
There is a great little coffee shop in Mainstrasse Village, the Bean Haus, that’s walking distance from my house.
If you would like to meet with me outside class, I’m happy to arrange a time on either Tuesday morning from 10-noon or 4-6 pm.
I work from home so I have flexibility. If you think you [...]

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Q: AHHHHHHHHHH. It…ALL…RED….AHHHHH
A: yes, many of your papers are marked up beyond all recognition. This is expected and nothing to be worried about. These are drafts — and while it’s always traumatic to see that (because it’s likely not happened oftentimes in your writing careers) — remember two things:

everyone is in the same boat
you will [...]

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Hey all:
I’ll be posting Wednesday’s reading on Monday.
For tomorrow’s class, please bring hard copies of:
EMB

stories 1-6, all your drafts and your most recent draft. We will be doing an in-class critique of all writing (you will have my edits back tonight).
Also, you should have 2 story ideas for this Friday to pitch to the class

JOU

 pitches [...]

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