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1. See syllabus re: naming this attachment

2. See syllabus re:
STANDARD RULES OF JOURNALISM
ETHICS Do not write about, interview or invite to panel any
family or friends.
3. Stick with 1 tense either said OR says
4. Begin by setting up the subject youre writing about. Its not about 1 or
2 or 3 womens hard times at their job. Set the big picture of the larger
issue . . .
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PLAGARISM Not your words
GRAMMAR / AP STYLE / FACT ERROR
WIND-UP / DOING TOO MUCH Says who?
You are posing hypotheticals/trying to make/get to/talk around
a point w/o stating opinion, when a quote from a source would do!
UNATTRIBUTED FACT / OPINION / POINT OF VIEW =
ASK YOURSELF: SAYS WHO? HOW DO I KNOW THAT?
You state a fact that is not common knowledge.
Your wording expresses or adopts a point of view.
Your wording shows agreement/disagreement with the source.
You employ creative writing style and/or modifying adjectives.
You include your HOPES & DREAMS FOR A BETTER WORLD.
YOUR VOICE HIGHLIGHTING YOU Says who?
You are narrating the action OR speaking directly to the reader.
Your facts/ thoughts/analysis/conclusions = essay style.
MIND READING WWW pg. 187 & 329
How do you know what your source thinks? Believes?
AWKWARD PHRASING
Stiff or confusing wording you would never use in conversation
Vague / Unclear / Confusing / Wordy
Confusing / Wordy
ORGANIZATION
Problem with ordering of information

At the company I was working for, I was the only minority and there were very few women.
Despite the fact that I was more qualified and had a higher performance rating than my white
male counterparts, I was aware that they made more than me and had better opportunities for
advancement, says Wayne State graduate student and Marketing Specialist Ashely
McAdoo.

McAdoo says she would sometimes feel invisible and had experienced being stereotyped in her
work environment. NAME THE COMPANY & DESCRIBE THE ENVIRONMENT an
agency? a non-profit? corporate? working with the public?

I had an employee ask me my name when they were unaware. I responded and told them my
name was Ashley, McAdoo says, They said they had never met a black woman named Ashley
and that my name should be Shaquita or something like that. I had never felt so insulted.

McAdoo said she was also told that she had a beautiful speaking voice for a black woman.

People have many misconceptions about black women, she says, who we are, where we come
from, etc. People definitely made judgments early on, McAdoo says.

McAdoo says the best advice to give any young woman in the workplace is to arm their selves
with knowledge and to know who they are. vague. give specific examples

When you have those things, no one can take anything away from you. We must continue to set
good examples and we must also strive to support one another, McAdoo says.

She says that black women are more than the perception that has been given to the world.
WHAT IS THAT?

The more degrees you have, the more qualified you are, I also continued to let my performance
shine through. People weed themselves out. Do great work and you will shine through,
McAdoo says.

University of Michigan student and front desk receptionist at Sloan Plaza condominium Ivory
Bradley [is FB friends with you: Nicolette Mechelle ] says she believes that black women need to
be persistent, strong and know their self-worth.

Achieving is more difficult because youre black and at a disadvantage but, it will pay off so
much more and feel much more fulfilled once you make such achievements knowing that there
were rules and systems in placed to hold you back, says Bradley.

Dr. Joanne Wright, an internist for certified internal medicine, says she believes that most black
women have had some kind of experience with discrimination.

I have had a few experiences through my career, where white co-workers who were not at the
physician level did not want to take directive or recommendations from black physicians,
especially a black female physician, Wright says.

She also says that through those experiences, it teaches black women to work through it.

Do what you have to do in order to do what you want later, this quote has always stuck with
me, Wright says.

She says her advice to black women is to stay focus, be consistent and stay ahead of the game.

Plan at least a year of what year of what you are going to do and work to achieve that goal,
Wright says, If you are not up on that information, you are going to lag in your progression in
your career.