The portfolios will be reviewed and graded periodically. Initially, students can expect a number of quizzes on current events and on class lecture material. This is to ensure that the subject is not a relative, friend or acquaintance of the writer. This project will represent the culmination of the news writing elements covered during the semester. A menu of story topics will be electronically posted via the class' email discussion list.
C Contains some grammar, spelling errors, etc.
D Requires extensive rewriting or contains multiple errors. F Unacceptable or contains misspelled name or factual error. In the mid-1980s, he left journalism to become a public relations executive for a New York State government agency. During his tenure in Albany, NY, Clarke was also a freelance writer for national magazines and corporate publications. He said, however, his heart was always in newspaper journalism.