This assignment requires you to write about a significant topic and its impact on your local community, city, town, or state for a local or state print newspaper and digital publication. The topic should be able to be connected to a larger issue that is statewide, regional, or national. You must interview at least two local individuals about the topic that you choose to write about, gather first-hand information in accordance with records and meetings laws, and create two news stories tailored to the audience of the chosen publications. You must interview those who can lend expert knowledge or opinions relevant to the story. The interviews must be conducted in person, by phone, or by video conference. Documents obtained for the news stories must be from credible entities.
Adhere to the Newspaper download and Digital Publication download templates and Associated Press (AP) Style.
Examine a topic that is current, controversial, and of human interest.
Develop the story for a real-world print publication, tailored to a specific audience and for a real-world digital publication tailored to a specific audience
Incorporate facts, visual elements, interactive elements and pull-quotes to enhance each story.
Differentiate between various facts and opinions on the topic.
Provide proper attribution for all sources of information included in the story (facts, statistics, images/video, and opinions).
Each story: