Monday, April 6, 2009

Public Affairs

So far for my public affairs class I've written four stories. Its a really good look at the real world of reporting, complete with stress over if a source will call you back in enough time to write your piece and writing around quotes.

The first was a heavy statistical story on campus crime. It was hard to get the hang of, but good practice.

The second was about budget cuts forcing UGA police to cut jobs. I thought it was pretty interesting, and it helped set up a few more stories. 

The third is my favorite. Its about the police reaction to the push to legalize pot in Athens. It will be posted on the site for Stand Up!, UGA's progressive publication, in the next few days. Wait for a bigger post on Stand Up! and everything we do there.  See a short sound clip below.

The fourth, which has yet to be returned, followed up on the budget cuts, this time talking about safety and crime prevention courses being cancelled. See a sound clip about it below.

1 comment:

  1. Don't forget to post the full text of each story here after you've completed all the edits. That or a links to the story on a web site where it was published.

    You might also try linking back to the posts for the sound clips -- I could not find one of the audio clips that was referenced in this post.

    Anyway, I like the general update.

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