Each semester, students in my editing classes at the University of Minnesota Duluth head into the world in search of grammatical errors they encounter in public writing of all kinds. The idea of the grammar hunt (taken from Emilie Davis of Syracuse University), is to get students to develop an eye for reading with scrutiny. [...]
Week 23: Overcome adversity
Week 22: Be flexible
Week 21: Brainstorming
Week 20: Use a Checklist
Week 19: Try New Things
Week 18: Avoid the "I" word
Week 17: Reaching a Shared Vision
Week 16: Let Things Go
Week 15: Save a Story
Week 14: Know What You Know
Week 13: Questions
Week 12: Preparation
Week 11: Working in Teams
Week 10: Points of Involvement
Week 9: Tight, common sense writing
Week 8: Added Value for the Web
Week 7: Added Value
Week 6: Have fun in the newsroom
Week 5: Plagiarism, Part II
Week 4: Plagiarism
Week 3: Avoid Cliches
Week 2: Be Obsessive about Ideas
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