.. in The Big Green!
We wrote about shitty bus service ...
... and international students ...
... and summer internships!
Good job, guys!
In
this class, if you get an out-of-class story published by any existing
campus or local media, and if you email me a link proving that you've
been published, then per the syllabus your final class grade will go up
by 0.15 points for every published story.
That means if you get all three published, your 3.5 final grade would turn into a 4.0.
The benefit to you is two-fold: first, you get a better grade. Duh.
Second
-- and probably more important to your long-term prospects -- you start
building a portfolio. This is very much a field of demonstrated
ability; that is, an employer doesn't want to see that you're capable of
doing something; they want to see that you've already done it.
Like, write a real story and get it published.
Plus,
then you get to add to your resume a line that you worked as a
free-lance contributor to whatever publication in the spring of 2014. Even
if you get just one story published, that is an accurate line in your resume.
So, where do you get your work published?
Not The State News. Sorry, folks. The paper doesn't take free-lance news submissions. But there are
several online campus news organizations that do consider such work --
and which have historically published JRN 200 stories -- including The Big Green, at thebiggreen.net.
But you know that, from what you saw above. Others include:
Uloop, at msu.uloop.com/main/
HerCampus, at hercampus.com
People
have also had luck at other student-run and professionally-run news
organizations. In the past, I've had a few people have luck in getting
their hometown newspaper to run their stories, especially if the topic
related to issues in their hometowns.
So, let's try to contact some media
organizations and get you officially stamped as a published journalist.
If you need some help in brainstorming where to try and get published,
please see me during my office hours.
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