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Senior
Portfolio
Requirements
Professional
Writing
Emphasis
Areas
Students
with
Journalism,
Public
Relations
Writing,
and
Technical
Communication
emphases
in
the
English
Department
are
required
to
submit
a
graduation
portfolio
during
their
final
semester. This
portfolio
includes
a
resume
and
reflective
writings,
in
addition
to
six
examples
meeting
the
criteria
listed
below. The
portfolio
is
compiled
as
part
of EPR/ETC/JOU
401
Senior
Portfolio.
Sample
Portfolios:
Dawn
Baker
Samantha
Lord
Bradley
Redmond
Documents
required
for
Professional
Writing
Senior
Graduation
Portfolios
Journalism
majors will
meet
the
following
criteria:
*Possible
projects
1. Ability
to
conduct
research
and
present
the
results
in
appropriate
written
form
*Any
research
paper
(for
any
course
200-level
or
higher)
2. Mastery
of
traditional
journalism
conventions
such
as
the
inverted
pyramid
*News
articles
(4-5
items,
no
longer
than
10
pages
total)
3. Create
documents
with
an
awareness
of
expectations
of
a "real
world" discourse
communities.
*Anything
created
for
an
internship
*Document/project
created
for
a
client
or
organization
4. Ability
to
write
extended
journalism
stories
for
specific
target
audiences
*Feature
story
*Investigative
story
*In
depth
report
5. Mastery
of
layout
and
design
principles
*Newspaper
spread
*Magazine
spread
6. Understanding
of
ethical
and
legal
issues
for
journalists
Major
assignment
addressing
issues
of
media
law
and
ethics
Public
Relations
Writing
majors
will
meet
the
following
criteria:
*Possible
projects
1. Ability
to
conduct
research
and
present
the
results
in
appropriate
written
form
*Any
research
paper
(for
any
course
200-level
or
higher)
2. Mastery
of
public
relations
and
business
writing
genres
*Example
of
a
longer
form
such
as
a
backgrounder
or
proposal
*Collection
of
news
releases
(4-5
items,
no
longer
than
10
pages
total)
*Collection
of
correspondence
(4-5
items,
no
longer
than
10
pages
total)
3. Create
documents
with
an
awareness
of
expectations
of
a "real
world" discourse
communities.
*Anything
created
for
an
internship
*Document/project
created
for
a
client
or
organization
4. Use
the
technical
tools
available
to
public
relations
professionals
to
create
documents
that
are
visually
effective
(include
description
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