Wednesday, October 28, 2015

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 ...

How sex assault victims are handled at MSU
What a tobacco-free MSU will mean (two people are doing this topic!)
Challenges of media reaching college-age audiences
Why we riot at MSU
Greek life pros and cons (two people are doing this topic!)
Sky-high textbook prices; why?
School funding via lottery 
Healthy eating options for students
Minimum wage and college students
Getting a job after graduation (two people are doing this topic!)
Student stress at MSU
Fake IDs and Greek life at MSU
Broke college students
IM student fees at MSU
Sports fandom and relationships: a builder or a breaker?


... 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 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.


... at least one of those sources MUST be a neutral expert!

... and we need to get sources driving the issue, regulating the issue and affected by the issue.

Your deadline for your first out-of-class story will be no later than 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6 via email to omars@msu.edu. That's about a week-and-a-half. The email title should be OOC#2. 

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

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