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• BSCOM 240 All Assignments
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• BSCOM 240 Week 1 Identifying and Eliminating Bias
• BSCOM 240 Week 1 Pre-Search Questions and
  Application
• BSCOM 240 Week 2 Finding Information

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• BSCOM 240 Week 1 Identifying and Eliminating Bias
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• Review Ch. 11 and Box 11.2 "Guidelines for Racial
  Identification" of Reaching Audiences.
• Read the front page of The Kelsey Gazette and
  choose one of the headline stories.

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• BSCOM 240 Week 1 Pre-Search Questions and
  Application
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• Develop a list of at least five pre-search
  questions to avoid message bias and identify
  potential sources about your project topic. See
  examples in Ch. 9 of Reaching Audiences under
  "Developing a Strategy" in the "Getting Started"
  section.

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• BSCOM 240 Week 2 Beyond Breaking News
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• Resources Ch. 7 8 of Reaching Audiences
• Submit a summary discussing the advantages and
  challenges of researching and producing online
  content for your project topic. Include the
  challenges of audience participation.

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• BSCOM 240 Week 3 Dealing With Informal Sources
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• Resources Ch. 9 of Reaching Audiences and the
  University Library
• Locate at least three articles through the
  University Library that are potential sources for
  your project topic.

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• BSCOM 240 Week 3 Dealing With Informal Sources
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• Review "The People Formerly Known as the
  Audience" in the Electronic Reserve Readings.
• Locate two recent news stories about your project
  topic. Pay attention to the comments section and
  to the share function (to share on social media
  sites).

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• BSCOM 240 Week 3 Exploring Virtual Libraries
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• Review a "Guide to Media Writing" and
  "Observation" in Ch. 9 of Reaching Audiences.
• Identify specific sources using the Librarian
  Internet Index (http//www.ipl.org).

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• BSCOM 240 Week 4 Article Summary
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• Complete Appendix B by answering the set of
  questions about each of the sources you have
  identified for your project in a 1-paragraph
  summary for each
• Use the checklists in Ch. 10, 11, 12 of
  Bookmarks to help you reflect on your answers.

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• BSCOM 240 Week 4 Evaluating Information
  Reflection
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• Imagine you are working in a corporate
  environment and your manager has asked you to
  write a report evaluating various personality
  evaluation tests that could be used to strengthen
  communication between coworkers.

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• BSCOM 240 Week 5 Writing Your Story
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• At this point, you have completed your research
  and now it's time for you to be the journalist
  and write a newspaper story of your chosen topic.
• Review Ch. 5 6 of Reaching Audiences for
  insight and examples of how to write a story lead
  and use the inverted pyramid when writing news
  stories.

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• BSCOM 240 Week 5 Writing Your Story
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.newtonhelp.com
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• At this point, you have completed your research
  and now it's time for you to be the journalist
  and write a newspaper story of your chosen topic.
• Review Ch. 5 6 of Reaching Audiences for
  insight and examples of how to write a story lead
  and use the inverted pyramid when writing news
  stories.

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