AGCJ 404: Communicating Information

AGCJ 404
Communicating Agricultural Information to the Public

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Week #2	Journalism Ethics
Objectives:	Incorporate principles of clear writing in your documents. Recognize bias and practice writing unbiased materials. Identify current empirical sources used by researchers in your field of study. Conduct a library search for empirical sources in your field of study.
Activities:	Get the Effective Writing Style Study Guide. Get the Literature Review Study Guide. Performing a Literature Review The Grammar Handbook TAMU Resources by Subject Principles of Clear Writing Writing Clearly: User-Friendly Documents Avoiding Racism and Sexism in Writing Poynteronline: Bias Survey Poynteronline: Marriage of Ethics and Craft Poynteronline: Writing Clearly on Deadline
Assignments:	Read: Chap. 6, in Gurak & Lannon (2004); Chap. 2, in APA Manual (2001). Quizzes: Writing Exercise: Word Choice. Lab: Library Search. Continue exploring the Internet for relevant materials to discuss in the next class.