Lab 3 May 20, 2003

1. A heads-up! Due 24 hours before Lab 4 (Wednesday): Write a memo to your instructor to be used a background for a personality profile about you. Focus on one angle that will give the person writing your profile a way to get started on the feature article. Mr. Bulla will go over Memorandum format in Lecture on Monday. 2. The Inverted Pyramid. We will watch a videotape from Annenberg on the inverted pyramid and Associated Press style. Please take notes. 3. We will correct a a few sentences from Lab 2. 4. Key elements in writing hard news. 5. Discussion of news writing for Lab 3, including tips on headline writing and proofreading. This is critical information for all labs. Don't forget that your slug line for this lab is your last name and the numeral 3 (johnson3). That is also your file name. Save on the class server. 6. Lab 3: Blind summary lead, one-sentence paragraphs, inverted pyramid and AP style. Make sure you mention the source twice, as in “according to a Gainesville Police Department report." Second reference can be “according to the police report." The instructor will call time 30 minutes before the end of class. You need to print and start proofreading then. Be skeptical about all proper nouns and any unusual usages. Proofread backwards, from the last word to the first, bottom to top. 7. Grammar tip: Titles of newspapers and magazines (People, the Gainesville Sun, the Independent Florida Alligator); and spelling (look words up or use dictionary.com). 8. Return Lab 2. Fill out grade grid. 9. Lab 4: A longer, more complex news story from information provided in a fact sheet that will be distributed in lab. 10. Sign up for an individual conference.

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