Facts-First Writing Professor David Grover signed a two-year contract with PBS on May 4, 2018 (Gilliland, 2018). He said in an interview that his first project would be to produce a documentary on college student procrastination (Handley, 2018). It was thought that Grover’s contract was for a 7-figure sum, though not all sources agree on this point (Bean, 2018; Franklin, 2018; Young, 2018).

Sources-First Writing All sources agree that Professor David Grover signed a two-year contract with PBS on May 4, 2018 (see, for example, Gilliland, 2018; Franklin, 2018; and Wanczyk, 2018). Handley (2018) reported that Grover said in an interview that his first project would be to produce a documentary on college student procrastination. While a single, somewhat controversial source speculated that Grover’s contract was for a 7-figure sum (Bean, 2018), Joey Franklin (2018) of the New York Times and Sean Young (2018) of Fox News indicated the contract was more likely for merely six figures, citing an unnamed source from PBS.

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Paragraph Structure While sources generally agree on the existence of a deal, the details of the contract remain unclear. All sources agree that Professor David Grover signed a two-year contract with PBS on May 4, 2018 (see, for example, Gilliland, 2018; Franklin, 2018; and Wanczyk, 2018). Handley (2018) reported that Grover said in an interview that his first project would be to produce a documentary on college student procrastination. While a single, somewhat controversial source speculated that Grover’s contract was for a 7-figure sum (Bean, 2018), Joey Franklin (2018) of the New York Times and Sean Young (2018) of Fox News indicated the contract was more likely for merely six figures, citing an unnamed source from PBS. Thus, while we know a deal exists, contradicting reports mean that we’ll have to wait to know all the details of the deal for sure.