Throughout the semester in our Comm 255 class we've learned
several things that have made us all improve overall as journalists. This is a lot of information to take in, and
is a difficult process but I’m glad that we have been exposed to this because it
helps strengthen our writing abilities.
The most important thing in my opinion that we've learned is that
writing news stories is an ongoing process with a lot of give and take.
When I wrote and turned in my first draft of the Obituary I
thought I had it all figured out wrote the perfect paper, but after I got it
sent back to me I realized that there were several mistakes, so I fixed them
and then read my Obituary back and the revised version was so much better than
the original.
I've also seen with the coaching buddies activities that we've
done that hearing somebody else’s opinion on your writing also helps in the
writing process. Sometimes you may not
see a mistake or an omission and you need another person’s view on content so
peer editing is a very important tool. I’m
glad that we've done these activities because it has made us all better writers
in the process, and hopefully the improvement continues throughout the rest of
the semester.
-Tanner Saarnio
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