Thread:Comments:Two unconscious drug-overdosed men discovered outside University of Canberra residence hall/Boring/reply (2)

I've reviewed a large number of University of Wollongong student articles, left detailed feedback on what needed to be revised to get articles ready for publishing. There are a number of common mistakes that students are making: 1) Not having a news article focused on an event that took place in the past 24 to 48 hours, 2) failure to read the style guide for things like date format, how to cite sources, crediting sources in the text and neutrality, and using an inverted pyramid style, 3) Articles cite problematic sources, which is something I really wish when it was pointed out to one student that Russia Today is not an acceptable source that the student would pass this along, 4) When articles are reviewed, feedback is often ignored or not dealt with immediately, and 5) no infobox, pictures, categories (which suggests students are not looking at recent published examples).

I would be happy to talk to your instructor about this, or even wander down from Canberra to Wollongong to talk about writing for Wikinews if you think your class needs more assistance.