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.Mistakes will be made on both ends.Questionable decisions are made.Tempers may get out of control.But you, as aPage 468feature writer, need to take as much as you can from the relationship by gaining additional experience and learning from your editor.Student editors, as individuals also learning their jobs, might not be as well organized as they should be.You may find the direction of your assignment changes in midstream.Some editors might not be as specific on the focus needed for an assignment.They might forget details you need or they might not be able to suggest sources as effectively as a more seasoned professional.These individuals have earned their positions by paying some dues and usually have learned something from that experience.You can benefit from it, too.In fact, some students argue that they learn more from their student editors and their experiences writing for these peer"bosses" than they do in writing and other journalism classes because there is no pressure of grades.The practical value of the experience is not to be doubted.Perhaps the most important part of the student editor­feature writer relationship is for you as the writer to earn trust in your work.This is done through meticulous attention to detail.The story must be complete, but it must also be accurate.Student editors are exactly like their professional counterparts in this regard, of course.If you go into a publication office with a hastily prepared, poorly written article with no direct quotations, you are in trouble right away.An error­prone feature article does not impress any editor, so do not expect to get a second chance.There are few student editors working in newsrooms around the country who can not describe getting copy like that on a regular basis.On the other hand, if that feature story is thoughtfully done with clever writing, sound organization, attention­getting description and personality­filled direct quotations, your story will not only be published, but probably you will be asked to take on more assignments for upcoming issues.In other words, be prepared.Make a strong first impression even if it is for a student publication.Put time into the effort.It will pay you back in countless ways, but the most significant one will be in the number of opportunities you develop for yourself.Life as a Campus Feature Staff WriterThe rigor of working for a campus newspaper, magazine, newsletter, or WWW site will help you determine how committed you are to feature writing.There is a never­ending demand for effort by staff members on most student publications.The work never seems finished.For campus newspapers, the hours are often long and late.Most campus newspapers are morning publications, and the hours leading toPage 469publication of an issue are frequently worked in the middle of the night and on weekends.This often means sacrificing social activities and other extracurricular interests to get an assignment completed.Student magazines, newsletters, and yearbooks have more laid­back staff work styles because there are less­frequent publication schedules and deadlines to meet.For students writing features for these publications, the hours can also be long and frequently late.Staffs for these publications are often much smaller than those of campus newspapers and the degree of interaction among staff members and editors is also high.The commitment to work on these publications is equally serious and costly, too, in terms of other extracurricular activities.Other Campus Feature OpportunitiesThere is a wide range of other options for campus feature writing for students.Perhaps the fastest growing are publications and information sites on the Web.In the past several years, educational institutions and their respective subdivisions have recognized the value of information on the Internet.This has created a wide range of possibilities for individuals who can write feature and other types of information for these institutions.Furthermore, a number of special online publications hosted by institutions have been created.Within academic units and extracurricular programs, numerous traditional publications are also produced.Departmental, college, and university publications are among them.One example of a department or school publication is at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.The College of Journalism produces an annual magazine­type depth report by journalism students that focus on events and trends around the state.Publications such as this provide additional opportunities for student feature writers.Numerous colleges and universities offer feature writing opportunities like that one.Students in the School of Communication at the University of Miami regularly write special feature article projects for the daily Key West Citizen.Students in recent years have produced projects consisting of up to 48 published articles for each project about the fragile marine­oriented environment of the Florida Keys, tourism, the high cost of living on a resort island, and a series of "how­to" living and lifestyle features for residents.In 1998, UM student Susana Gutierrez traveled with the class to Key West to write aPage 470feature about one of the favorite tourist spots on the island, the southernmost point in the continental United States.Notice how she builds her story on the fact that some tourists go to this location for a different reason:KEY WEST—The Keys are picture­perfect, and one of the most popular pictures is the Southernmost Point.It is also a landmark that floods many visitors with feelings of intense emotion.Jorge Barrios, 30, of Miami, walked with arms outstretched towards the shore.He was screaming."Freedom! Freedom!" he called out to the large buoy marking Key West's southernmost point—a place only 90 miles away from his native country, Cuba.It's a scene he remembers all too clearly.One he finds is worth reliving."This place is nice because it's the closest I can get to Cuba," said Barrios."I came to the United States looking for freedom in 1980 on the Mariel Boatlift, which landed here in Key West.I was only 13 and didn't know anything when I got here.My parents and I spent the night here, and I haven't been back ever since," he said.Not everyone, however, visits the attraction because it holds sentimental value.Some come just to see what it feels like to be at the southernmost tip of the United States."Because it's the southernmost point, it's nice and warm all year round," said Dave Stevens, 29, of Connecticut."Where I'm from, the warmest it gets in the winter is like 30degrees.I came down here as soon as I got my license, just for the weather.Every year I save up and take off when the cold hits," he said.Trudy and Elton Jones, visiting from Tampa, have another take on the place.They have visited the site twice in five years and still get the same "overwhelming feeling at standing at the southernmost point of Florida [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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