1.16 Assignments (1-2)

ASSIGNMENT 1: Knowing the audience
This assignment is related to the Lesson One e-lecture. It is homework that you can do yourself and then send to a tutor, mentor or other mentees to discuss with them.

1. Most SciDev.Net stories have an international perspective or viewpoint. Pick any story from the SciDev.Net website that relates to the country you live in. Try to rewrite it so that it appeals to the readers of a local newspaper as a news piece of not more than 200 words.
2. Who else would you contact or interview for the story, close to where you live?
3. Imagine that you have started a children's corner in your newspaper. Find a science story on the web (not necessarily from SciDev.Net) suitable as a news for children aged 11-16. Rewrite it for this audience in 100 words.

ASSIGNMENT 2: Research sentence
This assignment is related to the Lesson One e-lecture. It is homework that you can do yourself and then discuss with a tutor, mentor or other mentees.

1. Choose a story you have written in the past. Can you choose the appropriate research sentence or storytelling sentence? Now think of alternatives — different research sentences or storytelling sentences that might also have worked?
2. Choose a familiar news outlet. Find something they have reported a few years ago. What was the research sentence? How could you write a new story on the old topic? Develop a new research sentence or a storytelling sentence.

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