You will be expected to meet ALL deadlines, and not be late at all. Not even by a few seconds. In the real world, nothing short of making stories up will get you fired faster than missing deadlines.. To be relevant and useful news must be timely and meet deadlines. And the production process in news requires perfect deadline adherence.
Think about it: when was the last time you turned on the 11 o'clock news or SportsCenter or whatever, and they started out by saying, "Welcome to the show! Give us a few seconds; we're just finishing our scripts." You've never seen that; right?
That's because if someone gives off even a whiff of missing deadlines, they are fired right away or never hired in the first place. So, the habit we must have here is one where we are meeting all our deadlines.
That means the digital story project is due at 9 a.m. Friday. Not 9:15 and certainly not next week. That means every weekly deadline is exactly what the deadline is, and not a second later. You can always turn something in early but late work may result in a zero grade on the assignment. Please don't think you can blow off assignments now and then turn them all in later. There is an excellent chance I won't accept the late work.
I'm not enforcing that to be mean. I'm enforcing it because for many of us this is the last chance we have to get into this habit before we are out in the real world and don't get any do-overs any more..
If you are having problems, or if there are questions or concerns over this, please contact me ASAP. It is much easier for me to offer realistic solutions if you come to me beforehand than if I have to find you after the fact. Please keep in mind we are already more than halfway through this class; we simply don't have much time left to do what we need to do.
Please stay on task; meet all upcoming deadlines; and let me and/or your student editors know of any hurdles as soon as possible. Thanks, everybody.
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