Edition 3 Article ideas

Same rules as the last time. Publication date will either be November 29 or December 3. Please keep that in mind when coming up with ideas.

Please post 5-7 ideas for the second edition of the year. Be sure to read the other ideas BEFORE you post your own. You can elaborate on another person's post (with a citation, of course). Be specific and try to format each idea as such:

Article Idea:
Must interviews:
Why will people want to read this:

Week 9: Max maxes out the articles! CLOSED

Here's a regular forum from the NYT. Room for Debate is fabulous on-line discussion pertaining to a hot topic. This RFD is all about how college freshman have changed over the years. What are your thoughts? There are seven perspectives to read, so comment on three or four. They are short but quite interesting. I know I was most intrigued by Babcock's insights.

And some awesome reads from Max.
These are both from ESPN. Still, the first one--which is a Simmon's article--is very relevant in terms of how "reporting" is done nowadays with Twitter. Also, he's always an entertaining read. 

The second article is just very well written and a fascinating profile of a huge referring blunder.


This is another article like the last one, and it's pretty old, but I stumbled across it recently and it is one of the best pieces of sports writing that I've read.

Edition 2 headline ideas

Please post your article headlines here. Make it clear what your article is & what section it belongs in. Please post options ranging from 30-50 characters in length. Remember, spaces count as characters, and all headlines should have verbs!

Edition 2: Editor goals

Please post three goals you have for your section. Reflect on the last edition of last year, areas where you have the most to improve and areas where you're doing great work. These goals can be design related, deadline related, or anything else. BUT, make sure these are measurable, outcome goals.

Week 8: Olivia Opines! CLOSED

1. The first is from the New York Times about new google cars that can drive themselves. The writing isn't amazing, but I just thought it is a little scary, but at the same time incredible that we are now creating cars that drive themselves. People aren't going to need to use their brains anymore I swear. But maybe these cars are the way to go, there are some horrible drivers out there.

2. Here's an article on the legalization of pot. It's timely considering our center spread on the issue and it's funny. This is a good way to relate a current event to fun pop culture. and there's even a delayed lead too!

Week 7: Marshaling in some news CLOSED!

1. From CNN: A piece on Ochocino. And this is why we copy edit. And fact check.

2. Another from CNN: This is a great opinion piece about the suicide of the Rutgers student. I'd love to see this issue addressed in one of our editions. OK, hopefully not suicide, but the acceptance of members of the LGBTQQ community.

Week 6: Andrew Enlightens CLOSED!

This piece contains some commentary coupled with the wisdom of Jon Stewart
regarding our current political system, why it's broken, and what he is
doing to point out its ridiculous nature. I love the way the piece
addresses the absurdity of the state of politics today. Even though the
nature is only semiserious I felt like it was a perspective to good to
ignore.

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I decided it was time for an Onion piece once I decided on the Stewart
piece. It is a perfect example of what Stewart says, and half the comedy
of the piece comes from its proximity to the truth. If you think of it as
absurdist commentary on American politics, it turns out to be pretty
on-target and informative.