Homework
For this homework, you will write a news story, as if for print or the internet, using information you will collect. This homework will allow you to develop your interviewing skills.
Your leader must be an elected officer of a student organization, an appointed director or editor for a student publication, a member of student government, or a person with a similar responsible position. (If this were a real story, you would need at least three sources. But this homework is designed mainly to give you experience conducting and writing about an interview.)
For general information, you might want to ask questions such as these:
i. What is your leadership position?
ii. What is your greatest accomplishment related to your position?
iii. What are the requirements for your position?
iv. What traits must a person have to be successful in your position?
v. What do you hope to accomplish next as a leader?
vi. What are your suggestions for someone who wants to be a leader?
vii. What tips would you pass on to the leader who follows you in this position?
But your job is not done until you have found and written a story that is likely to interest most readers. Find out what problems (conflicts) the subject has faced, and how he or she resolved those problems. Get details by asking follow-up questions. Keep the reader captivated; don't put the reader to sleep.
Your job is not to do a puff piece that makes someone out to be a hero, nor is it to do a hatchet job that exposes all his flaws. Your job is to tell an honest story that serves your reader.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.