150 pts 100 pts story 50 pts layout

� 150 pts � 100 pts story � 50 pts layout �Everything due Monday/Tuesday (There is a different assignment for Finals Week, so you shouldn’t need more than a few minutes on Monday to touch up and print out)

�Headline (catch phrase) �Subheadline (summary sentence) �Creative lead �Quotes (non-J 1) – Answer ‘why’ not ‘what’ NO – “I usually put in 20 hours a week at the preschool. I don’t get paid. ” YES – Smith, who volunteers an average of 20 hours each week at the preschool, said, “I don’t get paid, but it’s okay. I’ll work for money later. This is something I really like to do, and I get my community service hours. ”

�Stays focused on topic �No opinions/stay in 3 rd person �Interesting, deep information �Locally relevant (not just generalities and national statistics) �FOLLOWS AP STYLE (quotes, numbers esp. ) �Good paragraph structure and good editing �Follows any of the other 10 rules of feature writing not mentioned yet

�Follows all basic rules* �Sidebar with real info Mini story, Q&A, statistics �One ‘real’ caption 1 st sentence describes photo action in present tense 2 nd sentence (and others) gives background info in past tense �At least five ‘advanced’ techniques �Sidebar and techniques look good together (project doesn’t look completely random) �Pay attention to pica rule, good font use (no Times!), color �YOUR photos = extra credit