Chronicle-Style Interview and Writing Assignment 

PlSci 3940/5940

 

• Interview Reflection Due: 28 Feb 2020, emailed by 8AM ET to csb36@cornell.edu

• Final Assignment Due 04 Mar 2020 emailed by 8AM ET to csb36@cornell.edu

• The assignment is a 500-word article for the general public. Two or three photos (about your topic) are also required. If you take the photos from the web, be sure to cite your sources.

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To complete the assignment, you must interview someone. This person could be someone involved in the topic, or someone that might benefit from the topic. 

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For the Interview Reflection Assignment: Please provide the name of the person (or persons) to be interviewed PRIOR to the interview. Following the interview, write a short recap of the interview including the name of the person interviewed, location and topics covered, as well as a discussion/reflection on some of the responses and how they may be helpful when writing your article. 

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For the Writing Assignment: The final article should include

(a) a title,

(b) 2-3 photos and

(c) text which is written for the general public. In addition to the information presented in class about writing for the public, please visit the Cornell Chronicle website (http://news.cornell.edu) or other public information sites to get a feel for the types of public interest articles published. 

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Together, the assignments are worth 40 points.

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Again, we’ll talk more about this in class, but there are also a number of resources for the Inverted Pyramid on the class website

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Questions? Contact Carlyn Buckler csb36@cornell.edu

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