News writing our way into summer

Yes, it’s summer vacation. But not for us.

Instead of rocking in a hammock somewhere, we will be learning the fine art of writing news stories from May 19 through June 21.

Welcome to the course blog for the Summer I session of University of Akron Newswriting.

Here’s what you can do on this Newswriting course blog:

• Use it to post your best news writing.
• Read what other students in the course are writing.
• Post a comment about anything you read.
• Browse the site for tips about writing hard news leads and organizing news stories.
• Stay up to date on today’s news by visiting news site links.
• Check out links to writing resources.