Final Project Proposal: Local News Media Package

For this week’s assignment, you will complete a proposal for the Final Project which requires
you to create a Local News Package around an issue that is current, controversial and of national
or international importance. You must also review the Final Project for detailed requirements
about the Local News Package.

In considering a topic, you should spend the week engaging in national news coverage to include
print media, television, radio, and digital media. It is important that you choose a variety of
media and that you consider the impact and element of human interest to your local audience.
The issue that you choose for the Final Project may not be the same or linked to other
issues or topics you will write about in other weeks of the course.

The proposal must:

 Present a current, controversial issue of national or international importance

 Include a summary for the reason the issue is deemed as news for the local area
 Identify local media outlets for the presentation of the news stories to include:
o One mainstream print news publication
o One alternative news publication
o One television station and specific program
o One talk (news) radio station and specific program
o One digital news media publication
 Adhere to the Local News Media Package Proposal Template

Saving Your Work: To maintain the formatting of your work, you are strongly encouraged to
save your assignment as a PDF file. View Saving a Word Document as a PDF for steps on
how to do this.

Check it! Your print news stories must be submitted through Grammarly and Turnitin prior to
submission.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the
criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.