blog post story

*** THIS NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN IN BLOG FORMAT. PLEASE WRITE ABOUT THE TEXAS HEARTBEAT BILL – https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/18/texas-heartbeat-bill-abortions-law/ ***

BLOG POST: write a column-style blog
post in which you discuss a current event or issue that is important to you and
will interest readers
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1,000+ words
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Write in depth and detail about your
topic, and do so in an energetic, engaging style appropriate for online
journalism
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“Chunk” your post into at
least four sections by using three subheadlines
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Link to at least three external
webpages and incorporate them into your writing smoothly and efficiently. Make
sure external sources are credible and make valuable contributions to your
argument.
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Include facts and figures from around
the web to support and develop your claims, inferences, and opinions. This is a
column, but unsupported opinions are rarely valuable to readers
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Interviews are optional but welcome if
you are able to access a primary source who will make a valuable addition to
your piece
In order to receive a high grade (i.e.,
A or B), the story must achieve the following objectives:
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Article identifies a newsworthy topic
and provides valuable or interesting information for audience. Story is written
for a real audience and is appropriate in style and form for demographic
·
Article features a clear thesis and
develops the main idea in an organized, substantive style
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Article begins with an effective lead
that is appropriate for story content
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Article is an appropriate length and is
organized in a style appropriate for the story (e.g., inverted pyramid for
news; hourglass/martini glass for features)
·
Article includes the required number of
sources. Each source provides valuable information or interesting quotes. No
plagiarizing.
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Article is free of mistakes in facts,
logic, grammar, syntax, spelling, or punctuation
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Article is written in AP style with no
stylistic errors
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You may use the first or second person
in your blog post, but make strategic choices about the perspective from which
you write: do not shift perspective recklessly
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Story is written in delivery style
appropriate for the medium (e.g., “written for the eye” in print; “written for
the ear” in broadcast)

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