Description
In this assignment, you will watch two different news broadcasts to see how a major story varies from report to report.
Objectives
Describe various types of summaries and abstracts
Discuss how to determine the contents of and objectives for various summaries
Review how your audience impacts your summary format and content
Explain the contents of news releases
Explore different purposes for and formats of writing in the workplace.
Describe various types of written communications within the workplace.
Tailor a written piece to a specific, identified audience.
Provide critical, effective feedback on a colleagues work.
Incorporate a reviewer’s changes into your own written pieces.
Summarize concisely information from a larger document.
Describe different types of summaries, including when each is appropriate.
Instructions
Listen to a television network newscast and to a later news update on the same story. Select one major story covered on the news and indicate which details from it were omitted in the news update.
Include in your work why you believe the details were omitted.
How did the omission of previous details change your perception of the news report?
How can you apply this situation (altering previous communications) to a personal experience at work?
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