As a reminder, please remember we'll be meeting in conference from Thursday, Dec. 1 until Finals Week. If you have not signed up for conferences, please do so. The sign-up sheet will be on my office door. During your conference, we'll discuss your final immersion piece and go over any questions you have about your portfolios. Please bring copies of any work you'd like to discuss. Please use your time out of conference to work on your immersion projects. Your project should include evidence of extensive research, hands-on reportage, and understanding of the basics of magazine writing (including angle, focus, voice). Please be sure to target one particular publication as a possible home for your piece, and write for that specific audience. Grammar counts, of course, as does basic AP Style. The length of your piece should be between 1000 and 2000 words.
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Your final portfolios are due in my office by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15. There will be a drop-box outside my office door. If you'd prefer to send an e-copy, please compile your portfolio into one single document, save as a PDF, and send to both loj@pitt.edu and lljakiela@gmail.com by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15.
Here again is the checklist:
* Your portfolio should include a total of 11 pieces (including revisions), plus one query letter. Your portfolio will be graded based on completeness, quality of work, evidence of effort in revision, and mastery of magazine-writing basics per our texts, readings and lectures.
Pieces to include:
1. How-To Piece + Revision
2. Fashion Week Tie-In Piece (News Link) + Revision
3. The Profile Piece + Revision
4. Q&A Piece + Revision
5. Trazzler Travel Piece (from in-class assignment)
6. One query letter targeted to magazine/editor for your immersion piece (we'll review how to do this in conference)
7. Final Immersion Piece (1000-2000 word; multi-sourced; first-person reportage)
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