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Janine Weisman - Exercise 6: Police Ride-Along

Exercise 6: Police Ride-Along

First-person account of a ride-along with a public safety official at least 500 words in length

Rubric Code: CXC9C29

By Kevin1952

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Subject: Journalism

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Police Ride-Along
	No submission 0 pts	Poor 1.65 pts	Fair 2.75 pts	Good 3.35 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Length	No submission	Poor Under 450 words.	Fair 451-499 words or overly long; as in over 2,500 words	Good 500 words minimum, but contains redundant information, overly wordy phrasing,	Excellent Over 500 words with well-crafted active voice writing, multiple paragraphs and quotations
Quality of Writing	No submission	Poor Writing difficult to understand, redundant, vague, wordy. Over-reliance on passive voice Has multiple spelling and grammatical errors, typos Missing details about action and events. Reader can't picture what is happening at all. Leaves terms unexplained	Fair Somewhat vague or wordy. Mostly passive voice. Includes some misspellings, grammatical errors and/or typos. Details are unclear. missing or incorrect in some places. Missing explanations of terms.	Good Mostly clear writing. Active voice. Mostly free of spelling and grammatical errors and typos. Accurate details about what the subject is doing are provided. Mostly explains action and events covered.	Excellent Sharp, clear writing in active voice. Conscious effort to minimize use of prepositions. No spelling and grammatical errors. No typos. Writing offers vivid details about subject, doesn't leave unanswered questions. Provides accurate and adequate background information to explain an unfamiliar term or word.
Quality of Reporting	No submission	Poor Contains many pieces of inaccurate information. Incorrectly identifies subject; offers no background about person No interactions described No memorable scenes at all	Fair Subject's name, rank and/or department is incorrectly identified. Provides only minimal biographical details, both professional (years on job, education) and personal. Missing scene where subject interacts with public or co-workers in accurate and vivid details. Only has partial sentence quotes.	Good Correctly identifies subject by name, rank and department. Provide brief biographical details, both professional (years on job, education) and personal. Includes scene where subject interacts with public or co-workers. Includes a memorable full sentence quote	Excellent Correctly identifies subject by name, rank and department. Provide brief biographical details, both professional (years on job, education) and personal. Includes scene where subject interacts with public or co-workers in accurate and vivid details. Includes full sentence quotes that are memorable.
Analysis	No submission	Poor No themes or takeaways about the ride-along experience emerge from the piece	Fair Piece attempts to connect action to a larger theme but is mostly vague	Good Writing offers insight into how the subject sees their job with supporting examples or comments	Excellent Writing offers clear insight into how the subject sees their job and the role they play in the larger community Writing crafts an overarching theme or lesson with examples, quotations, paraphrased comments and reporting on action that took place.

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