Economic Journalism

Number of Credits: 4
Assignments
 Data Reporting
 Social Science Editorial (Non-economic)
 Economic Editorial
 Academic Paper
 Book Report / Conference Reporting / Radio Reporting / Video
Documentary / Political Cartoon/ Photo Essay / Column (Any one)

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Marks
 Each assignment carries 20 Marks

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Feedback
 2 or 3 rounds of feedback, as the case may be.

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Criteria for Marking
 Title: How apt the title has been relative to the content

 Coherence: Consistency and Flow of the subject matter

 Length of Paragraphs: Should not be too long, particularly for

Editorials

 Choice of: Topic for Editorial/Book for Report/Idea for Political

Cartoon/Event for Photo Reporting

 Interest Generated: Ability to grab attention and generate interest for

anyone

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 Sentence Construction: Meaningful and very clear; no
ambiguities

 Title Case: Must have

 Spellings and Punctuation: Should be perfect

 Line Spacing: Should be uniform throughout the document

 Font Style and Size: Should be uniform throughout the document

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 Margins: Have to be justified

 First Person: Never, Never, Never

 Special Features: How well is an Editorial concluded with

suggestions/How well is a Review written in a Book Report/How
skillfully is the political cartoon drawn (by hand), whether the
characters are readily identifiable without the explanation by the
cartoonist or visual artist

 Date of Submission: Whether all the submissions were completed

within the specified deadlines

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 Receptivity: Ability to incorporate suggestions given at the time of
feedback

 Turnitin: Similarity Index