Journalistic Writing
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Example article1 - why not create yourself a log in on this site and use this article to practice your editing skills?
Just click on the 'edit' tab at the top of the page and you'll see the box we used in class. Save your changes and don't worry about breaking anything!
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Editing Checklist
| Check these | I did it | |
| I put my work away for at least an hour before editing it. |
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| I read my work aloud |
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| My work makes sense | ||
| There are no missing words (a, an, the,) |
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| Sentences are not too long |
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| Sentences only have one connective (and, but, because, then etc) |
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| I used the right tenses. |
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| I ran a spell check |
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| I read through my work again looking for any other mistakes |
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| I covered everything I wanted to |
