1. Project Checklist 150 pts Everything due Monday/Tuesday
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)

2. STORY – 100 pts Headline (catch phrase) Subheadline (summary sentence)
Creative lead
Quotes (non-J1) – 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.”

3. STORY, CONT Stays focused on topic No opinions/stay in 3rd 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

4. LAYOUT – 50 pts Follows all basic rules* Sidebar with real info
Mini story, Q&A, statistics
One ‘real’ caption
1st sentence describes photo action in present tense
2nd 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