As "Writing and Design for the Newspaper" student Madissen Miller, an eighth grader from Traverse City East Middle School, said, "I want to take away more knowledge on journalism writing." And apparently, so far she is. On Aug. 2, the students in the class, taught by Jody Mackey, learned about writing hard and soft news. They also worked to create good leads, thinking up … [Read more...] about ‘Writing and Design for the Newspaper’ students hone their writing skills
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‘Writing and Design for the Newspaper’ class prepares for sexting issue seminar, creates first news piece
On Aug. 1 in Room 242 of the Communication Arts Building, "Design and Writing for the Newspaper" students were hard at work learning how to create a news story. The students were researching that night's issue seminar topic, sexting. The goal for them, according to instructor Jody Mackey, is to be somewhat knowledgeable at the seminar. She said her goal was for them to … [Read more...] about ‘Writing and Design for the Newspaper’ class prepares for sexting issue seminar, creates first news piece