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I sent out this e-mail Friday, Dec 4.

Notes on the Final Submission of Article 4

* You have until the start of the final exam to continue to update and polish Article 4.
* You are welcome to seek out feedback from anyone in the class.
* Please update the GoogleDoc file that you shared with me.  Please do not create a new GoogleDoc file and re-share it with me. (If you have done that already, please make sure the original file you shared with me reflects your most recent changes, and delete or un-share the extra file. I don't want to accidentally mistake your rough draft for your final.)
* Please add your sidebar to the original Article 4 file.  (There is no need to try to do any fancy layout in GoogleDocs -- a plain word processor file is all I need to evaluate your writing, and that's the reason why there's a separate layout activity.)
* After the final exam period begins, please do not make any more changes to your GoogleDoc file.

Over the weekend, I do not plan to check GoogleDocs for additional submissions or updates, but I do plan to check my e-mail as usual, so I would be able to answer quick questions.  

Of course, I will be happy to answer your questions in class Monday.

Final Exam Presentations (Tuesday 10:30-12:30)

Final Printout
* At the beginning of your presentation, please hand me a printout of the latest version of the full text of your article and sidebar.
* You can hand me your layout after you're finished presenting it, or if you're presenting electronically, you can e-mail it to me before the exam starts.

Presentation
* Walk the class through the layout project (on paper or in pixels -- either is fine) that includes your investigative report and sidebar.
* Speak informally about your research and writing process.

During class, we will critique and discuss several online news sources, which I will ask you to explore before class.

(I had toyed with the idea of reserving a lab and doing some online editing practice, but there are no labs big enough for all the students, and the only lab that comes close in size is a computer science classroom that used neither Windows nor Mac computers.)