Your Writing Assignment
WCVM Writing Tools Workshop for Research Summer Students
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Your Writing Assignment
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Your assignment: Produce a 600- to 700-word article about your
research project.
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Interview: Article must include input from at least one interviewee.
For example, your mentor or other member of research team.
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Viewpoint: Can begin story in first person (your perspective) and then
switch to third person (your interviewee). Example: “Student studies
diseases of wild urban rats.” tinyurl.com/n4skr5l
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Other options? Please contact me for further discussion.
Your Writing Assignment
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Your audience: Readers of WCVM Today (wcvmtoday.com). Your
stories may be repurposed/reprinted by other web sites/publications.
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Submit your draft article to me (myrna.macdonald@usask.ca)
before or by Friday, July 19.
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Editing: Story draft will be edited (mainly for style, grammar,
punctuation). The file (including tracked changes) will be returned to
you for review.
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Review: Edited story draft will be sent to your interviewee for
final review/revisions.
Your Writing Assignment
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Photos: We can discuss ideas for photos or you can go ahead and
take some shots! Please submit high resolution JPG files.
Publication: Research summer students’ articles (including your
byline) will be posted over next five to six months.
Social media: Your stories will be promoted through Twitter,
Facebook. Please feel free to post!
Article examples? Search “Robyn Thrasher” or “Melissa Cavanagh”
using WCVM Today’s search feature (wcvmtoday.com).
Questions?
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Contact Myrna MacDonald, Communications, WCVM
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myrna.macdonald@usask.ca or sm.ridley@sasktel.net
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Desk: 1-306-225-4479
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Cell: 306-291-9950