A reminder that your final story is due at the start of class July 31-- as we board the bus for USA Today. Your stories should be 400-500 words; you will have the option to write in a feature structure or a hard news structure -- depending on the topic. You should include a source list at the end, with names and contact info for those you talk to. (Phone numbers and email addresses.) Remember that when you collect IDs on folks, you should always get contact info (phone #s, email addresses) to follow up with any questions you have after you review your notes. Stories should be typed, double-spaced, with a word count at the top, and the source list with contact info at the end. Please also attach printouts of any supporting primary documents (police crime stats, for instance), which you reference in your story. Remember: all of you were encouraged to do your story on the Povich sports panel on "Covering the Hot Topic" Thursday, July 24, in Knight Hall, 4-5 p.m. You still have the option to use that, if you attended and took good notes. Panelists were:
- Christine Brennan, Sports Columnist, USA Today Sports
- Steve Haas, Former Capitals, Wizards and Nationals doctor
- David Aldridge, NBA Reporter, TNT
- Peggy Engel, Journalist, Author / Playwright
(10 percent of grade)
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