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3-2 Assignment and Discussion: WCC PASSAGE Play Auditions + Interviews

Good evening everyone, I hope you are all having a pleasant evening.   In today's assignment, our group was tasked with venturing around our Campus to explore and find events that had been going on, and write a feature article on said events. Originally I had planned to do a Art Club Luncheon that had occurred on October 4th, but I unfortunately slept right through it. (Quite professional, I know. Definitely wouldn't slide in the news room, I'd already be packing my stuff because I KNOW I would be fired over something like that.) Anyways, thankfully I was able to find an event going on the following day, as a friend of mine (Who I interviewed in this news story) told me about auditions going on for a play, so I figured I'd get that done since it was convenient. Here's what I had come up with, and I'm pretty happy with it, honestly. Definitely feels professional, and I'm happy I was able to come up with something like this for my first go at writing news. ...

A Retrospective on Professional Writing - Tony's Take

Good evening, everyone, great to have you guys back! Recently, as our next unit draws to a close, we've come to reflect on our writing styles, and with the last assignment, our collective got to witness how distinct all of our writings really are. As a closer, we were tasked with reflecting on professional standards, and some key takeaways from it. The following questions are some of my thoughts on the given subject matter, so I hope you enjoy! . . . As we have learned so far in this text, accuracy, brevity, and clarity are three chief goals of media writing. How do style and language conventions help writers to advance those goals? The main advantage to adhering to style and language conventions is that they help writers convey information in a clear and concise manner while maintaining the integrity and credibility of the content. Accurate, brief, and clear messages leave a stronger impact on the reader’s mind, letting them absorb more of what a media writer is trying to convey...