Here are the tips I gave out in class on how to complete assessment 3
The assessments are significant pieces of journalism designed to test your ability:
to write in-depth about a topic that you are knowledgeable about
to write about issues, rather than events
to use a variety of sources of information to construct the article
to conduct interviews to gather information and opinion about a subject
to write in a clear journalistic style, using conventional structures (e.g. inverted pyramid style)
to present complicated material in a way that readers can understand (avoiding technical / specialist language)
to collect and present material in an ethical way
to avoid introducing your own comment into the article
The articles should be about issues rather than events, drawing upon a range of sources of information, which might include: things witnessed by you, personal interviews, published documents, previously published journalism reports (print and / or broadcast).
Word length: Successful articles are likely to be at least 750 words.
Assessment 3: Writing newspaper articles
Students will write a total of three articles on their specialist area. Each article will be worth 20 percent of your final mark.
Deadlines
Article 1 Thurs 15 March 2012
Article 2 Thursday 5 April 2012
Article 3 Thurs 19 April 2012
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