Pitch #7: A Round-Up

Another week, another round of pitches. This week's pitches include:

• How Fenton schools fare against state averages
• A controversial new restaurant is planned for Lansing; what's the big deal?
• MSU's impact on Lansing (not East Lansing!)
• Sex offenders living in Lansing
• Millennial voters and how they are affecting this year's presidential election

... and more!

Some thoughts:

* Keep pitching stories, even though this is the last week of mandatory pitches. We have a number of people who missed story deadlines in the past or didn't get great grades on their initial work, and by doing extra weekly stories you can make those grades go away.

Here's how: for every extra weekly story you do, I replace your worst-graded story of the semester with the new grade, as long as the new grade is better than the old one.

Now, the rules:

• You may only pitch up to two extra weekly stories!
• Pitches for both stories will be due Tuesday, Aug. 2 by 9 a.m. to omars@msu.edu
• The first extra story will be due by Wednesday, Aug. 10 by 9 a.m. to omars@msu.edu
• The second weekly story will be due by Wednesday, Aug. 17 by 9 a.m. to omars@msu.edu

Each out-of-class story is worth 7 percent of your final grade, so even making one bad grade go away can make a huge difference. I urge all of you to seriously consider doing this.

* Plus, don't forget you still have your final project due Monday, Aug. 15 by 9 a.m. to omars@msu.edu. That project is worth 25 percent of your final grade, so it's critical that you meet your deadline, have no fatal fact errors and give it your best effort.

* Other upcoming deadlines include your job shadow project (which is due no later than 9 a.m. Monday, Aug 15 by email to omars@msu.edu; don't forget your shadow topic must be pre-approved by me) and we will be having an AP style quiz at a time and date to be announced. 

* Any questions? Email me at omars@msu.edu, text or call me at 702-271-7983, or schedule an appointment to see me at CAS 360. 

Good luck, everyone!