Out-Of-Class #2: The Clock Is Ticking

By now you should have returned to you your tip sheet, labeled as approved or not approved. If not approved, please follow my comments on what you need to do to get your tip approved, and please resubmit your tip sheet ASAP (like tonight or by tomorrow morning).

Approved story ideas include ...

Teen pregnancies
Sex assault awareness
Students and buses
Campus construction inconvenience
Social media making people less social
Freshman adjustment to campus life
Police brutality
Cell phone usage
Stadium student section struggles
Preparing for winter
Covering a school board meeting (public affairs! And the only type of event I will allow you to cover, instead of a trend or issue)
Campus employment
Social media effects

... and more!


If you are approved, you are free to start working on your out-of-class story. And whether approved or not, please read and follow my recommendations that are ((( *** IN BOLD FACE AND LARGE TYPE LIKE THIS *** ))) in your returned tip sheet.

Please remember that per the syllabus, your out-of-class story ...

... must have a minimum of three human sources you interviewed yourself;

... a minimum of 700 words in length;

... be double-spaced and conforming to AP Style;

... include a word count at the end;

... include a list of sources with their phone numbers and email addresses (so I can do spot checks on whether you really talked to them and whether your citations were accurate, ect.) at the end.

Your deadline for your first out-of-class story will be no later than 8 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2 via email to omars@msu.edu. That about a week-and-a-half. The email title should be OOC#2. 

Any questions? Please come see me ASAP. And good luck!