Final Hour Time Crunch
Everyone is frantically at work in the news room (aka computer lab) as we try to finish up our stories and columns before the 5:00 PM deadline this afternoon.
Progress is slow on the layout, partly because most of the features to go into The Rhode Island Rambler, our colony's newspaper, aren't finished yet. The other reason is that it is very hard to paginate a publication in Word.
This morning we heard from Bill Mattox, Jr. who is a widely published freelance writer. He talked about writing columns and opinion pieces, as well as marketing your work and dealing with rejection. He ate lunch with our group and was able to answer many questions-I found his advice especially helpful since this is more the genre of writing I like.
In class this week we also discussed the ethics of journalism and how to write concisely. Tonight is the closing ceremony and awards for best stories, layout and overall paper.
I will be flying back to Minnesota tomorrow and am looking forward to enjoying the time off for Independence Day.
Progress is slow on the layout, partly because most of the features to go into The Rhode Island Rambler, our colony's newspaper, aren't finished yet. The other reason is that it is very hard to paginate a publication in Word.
This morning we heard from Bill Mattox, Jr. who is a widely published freelance writer. He talked about writing columns and opinion pieces, as well as marketing your work and dealing with rejection. He ate lunch with our group and was able to answer many questions-I found his advice especially helpful since this is more the genre of writing I like.
In class this week we also discussed the ethics of journalism and how to write concisely. Tonight is the closing ceremony and awards for best stories, layout and overall paper.
I will be flying back to Minnesota tomorrow and am looking forward to enjoying the time off for Independence Day.
posted by Seth @ 2:09 PM
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