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journalism grading

Typical grading criteria across all disciplines include appropriate address of assignment, development of ideas, consistency of focus, purpose and audience address, choice and use of evidence, logic of organization (and/or attention to prescribed formats), accuracy of citations, coherence, and attention to standard mechanics/grammar. Criteria specific to journalism and media studies assignments may emphasize the writer's ability to anticipate the tastes and attentions of target audiences, evoke a consistent voice, provide quality evidence, and avoid factual or mechanical errors.

sample grading rubrics

• Writing for Mass Media, Story Assignment Grading Considerations: a set of grading guidelines involving veracity, clarity, grammar, attribution, and quality of the lead and the closing.
  
  
• Magazine Writing, Specifications for Article Assignment: a set of criteria used by students to guide their own work and also to evaluate that of their peers.
  
  
• Magazine Writing, Guidelines for Critiquing Magazine Articles: a list of criteria including theme, tone, language, credibility of sources, audience analysis, and others to analyze the quality and efficacy of magazine articles.

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