Week -4 Budget Meeting, News Talk and News Team Publication

Week 4 - News Team Publication

Digital News Publication

Your news team publication for this week will be in the form of a digital publication. In order to work on the publication together as a group, you will be using Google Sites (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. . Each news team member will include the brief bio that they wrote in the Career Outlook Assignment along with a photo. Then, each team member will write two news stories. Each news team member is responsible for their own edits to their work. The team will work together on a one-paragraph description of their publication that sets forth its mission and/or goals that will be placed on the Home page of the site. Each student must upload the following to Waypoint:

· The link to the News Team Publication in the Comments Box

· A Word copy of the bio and stories that the student submitted. The images do not have to be included.

For digital news stories, students must

· Include a brief bio written for the Career Outlook Assignment with your photo.

· Write two 250-300 word stories about topics that are currently in the news.

· Summarize facts and/or statistics that are relevant to the story.

· Compare two opposing opinions for each story and include a personal interview in at least one story.

· Provide proper attribution for all sources of information included in the story.

· Incorporate at least one visual element to enhance each story.

· Include an interactive element for readers in connection with at least one of the stories (i.e., poll, survey, etc.).

The news team publication

· Must be created using Google Sites (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. .

· Must include two stories from each news team member.

· Must adhere to the conventions for digital publications.

Link your news! In the real world we are mostly wired when it comes to receiving our news. Digital Assignment Editors should place the link to their news team’s online publication in the Ashford Café so that we can all explore the various styles and creative elements that each team included to reach the same audience.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.