Journalism 101/201 (Wednesday, April 12 - 5th period)

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"Hello, boys and girls," Rita said. "Today, we look at structure. Please take a look at the paper, and read through the articles. There are a few instances of not only poor grammar, but bad journalistic structure. Given that we're on a word count when we write for a newspaper, we need to conserve space and say things with the utmost clarity and fewest words. So take a look at the paper. Is this accomplished?"

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Re: Read the paper and so on!

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Rita almost smiled. "Can you elaborate?"

Re: Read the paper and so on!

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"I don't know, but I can totally rant about it," says Quinn. "Okay, blah blah blah blah blah, yeah, it's really nice for the same person every week to vent their emo instead of seeing a shrink like everyone else, but it's only nice for that person! Let's just rename it "ME ME ME." Or maybe "Trying Way Too Freaking Hard." Can I cancel my subscription because oh my god, I'm so over all her issues."

Re: Read the paper and so on!

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Rita raised an eyebrow. "While your point is valid, definitely, maybe that's the...intended nature of the column."

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"If I wanted to see someone whine that much about their own problems, I'd watch the Real World," says Quinn.

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"I've no idea what that means."

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"It's a show, where a bunch of twenty-somethings all crash in one house and attention-whore at the camera because they're not the most important at every second of the day," she says. "I'm thinking about applying as soon as I'm old enough."

Re: Read the paper and so on!

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"I think the majority of the school population would fit in well there," Rita smirked.