For these weeks, we will:
- Review and discuss our first writing assignments.
- Review some qualities and characteristics of good writing
- Discuss the "feature writing" format including "special leads"
- Discuss and review interviewing "best practices"
- Continue work on your second reporting assignment for which the draft is due on Sept. 29.
- Final version due on Oct. 4
- Read the following chapters:
- 2: Selecting and Reporting the News
- 7: Basic News Leads
- 8: Alternative Leads
- 9: The Body of a News Story
- 10: Quotations and Attributions
- 11: Interviewing
- 17: Feature Writing
