I'll be looking for them. Last, certainly not least. Good word usage, grammar, and spelling are at the heart of this key element. I'll be auditing your stories independently for factual and linguistic accuracy. A factual error is serious and will result in the reduction of your score by up to one letter grade.
Nothing destroys the credibility of journalists like simple mistakes.
This includes the misspelling of all proper nouns. Names are particularly important and will result in the maximum deduction, even if it is only a typo . I will not identify the error. I will mark the paragraph containing the error with a box. I'll also be reading for grammar and style errors.