AGJR Tutorials

Agricultural Communications and Journalism

The following tutorials and examples are provided to assist learners in the
Department of Agricultural Education.
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Copyright Primer

Ms. Kyle McCaskill

General Writing Skills
The Tongue Untied
The Grammar Handbook
Grammar and Style Notes
Strunk's The Elements of Style
APA Style Considerations
Principles of Clear Writing
Avoiding Racism and Sexism in Writing
Research & Writing
Word Choice: Are you an expert wordsmith? Try this word choice challenge.
Calculating Readability: To determine reading ease of your writing, you must calculate a readability level. Several types of readability measures are available; one is the Gunning-Mueller Fog Index.
Checking Readability in MS Word Documents

Communication
Oral Presentations/Public Speaking
Communication Process/Diffusion-Adoption Process
News writing - Types of News Articles
Organization of Four News Story Types
Using Graphics, Charts, and Graphs
Types of Graphs and Charts
Choosing the Correct Graph Type
Brochures
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Searching and Citing Literature Sources
Conducting Literature Searches
Performing a Literature Review
Citing Sources
Technical Reports

Business Correspondence
Rules for Writing Good Letters and Memorandums
When to Send a Memo and When Not to Send a Memo
Types of Business Letters
Folding and Inserting a Letter into an Envelope
Writing Résumés and Letters of Application
Memo Formats

Internet Use
Establishing and Using E-mail at TAMU
U.S. Copyright
Hypertext Terms
HTML Basics
HTML Authoring Tutorials

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