8/2/2019 Inform Yourself, Snyder Sneaking by Emily Magner

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8/2/2019 Inform Yourself, Snyder Sneaking by Emily Magner

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2012 Michigan Community College Press Association Judging Form

Place of award: SECOND PLACE

First Place Second Place Third Place Honorable Mention

Category: column-seriousHeadline/title of entry: Inform yourself: Snyder is sneaky

Contestants name: Emily Magner

College name: Northwestern Michigan College

Judges comments:1. Very nice job. It is a good combo of news and opinion. I thought the

writing was crisp and clear and well organized.2. Watch for the use of I. Columns are stronger without it. It can be

tricky to eliminate them at first but it gets easier with practice. Justbe conscious of when you do it.

3. When you reference the rally in Traverse City, its not really clearwhat the rally was for was it against Snyder in general or one of thespecific topics you mention earlier in the column. Make that clear.

4. In general, perhaps work on flow from graph to the next so it holdstogether a bit more cohesively as a whole, but in general very nicework.