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How to succeed:

  • Read assignment directions & look at examples
  • Use AP style Top 10 list. Print it out.
  • Read!
  • Never write in first or second person, use a rhetorical question, or a semicolon

What is journalism?

  • Holding people accountable, particularly government officials
  • Reporting on the events of the day in an objective way
  • Trying to inform the public and how it impacts them
  • Writing about life in a way that connects people

Core values of journalism:

  • Accuracy
  • Independence
  • Objectivity
  • Humanity
  • Accountability

T - timely I - impact P - proximity C - conflict U - unique P - promenence