Monday, January 31, 2005

Assignment for Wednesday

Find an example of a well-written obit that was recently published in a national newspaper (e.g. New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).

Make a blog posting that includes a link to that article.

Write a BRIEF assessment/analysis. Be specific about what you like or dislike.

Give the name of the person you will be writing an obit for.

Answer the following questions based on the assigned reading:

What's the first thing a reporter should do after being assigned a story?

What are some of the potential problems of using information from news articles you find in commercial databases.

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