Imagine you have just been hired as a journalist to cover the science beat for your employer. Your first assignment is to write a short news story on new, peer-
reviewed scientific research.
Report the recent research on one of the following topics:
Migraine Treatment
Delinquency Causation
Cybersecurity
Organic Food Production
Climate Change
Locate “ENG-456 News Story Articles” from the Course Materials.
Choose one of the scientific research articles indicated in “ENG-456 News Story Articles.”
Study the article and develop a news story angle based on some aspect of the article. The angle you choose should be something that makes the science approachable by a
lay audience. You may have to write through a few story angle ideas before settling on one that has the most merit and appeal.
Convert the difficult scientific language into “scenic” writing, expressing it clearly and concisely for a popular audience.
Include content that your editor and your audience might typically expect from this type of news story, such as narrative techniques to tell the story.
Write in a style that your editor and audience might expect of a news story. Assume that your story will appear on the Internet and not in print.
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