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IMPORTANT! You may collect no more than 30 points of extra credit for the semester.

Cecil Schwalbe Marine iguanas bask on Isla Espanola.

ENTER A CONTEST
5 points for entering Flickr’s Tell a story in 5 frames contest.

WRITE A PROPOSAL FOR A KNIGHT NEWS CHALLENGE GRANT
15 POINTS for writing a proposal about an innovative way to use the Internet to serve a geographical community in a journalistic way. The community could be as small as a neighborhood or as large as a city or possibly a state. In the past newspapers served their local communities. How can the Internet be used to serve the same function today? If you want to pursue this, Carol will be delighted to work with you.

BRING IN SOMETHING RELEVANT TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS
5 POINTS for sharing something relevant with your classmates. If possible, please let Carol know ahead of time that you have something to share. Maximum: 30 points

ATTEND A PHOTO EXHIBIT
5 POINTS for attending a photo exhibit at ASU’s Northlight Gallery (first floor of Matthews Hall, on the southeast corner of Tyler and Forest Malls) or anywhere else and turning in at least one double-spaced page critiquing the show. Focus on composition and content. How you can apply what you’ve learned to your photographic efforts? Maximum: 10 points

PUBLISH IN THE ASU WEB DEVIL
10 POINTS for getting an original story or slide show published in the ASU Web Devil. Content published in The State Press, then shoveled onto the Web Devil does NOT count. Maximum: 30 points

WRITE A THANK-YOU LETTER
5 POINTS for sending a thank-you letter to a guest speaker. Guests value your appreciation, and you’ll have a chance to network and to synthesize what you’ve learned. Guidelines: Send your letter within a week. Include something about yourself. Be appreciative; this is the speaker’s only payment. Describe what you learned, why it matters and how you can apply that information. Paper is preferred over e-mail. Be sure to give me a copy. Maximum: 5 points

Will Kirkland About the size of a hen, a frigate bird flies on 8-foot-long wings.

COMPLETE AN ONLINE NEWS UNIVERSITY COURSE
10 POINTS for each course you complete. Take these fun, interactive online courses wherever and whenever you like. You can start one day and finish another. Register at http://www.newsu.org. Click on the COURSES link on the top navbar. When you finish the course, print out the last page and give it to me. Maximum: 30 points

Choose from the following:

• Multimedia Reporting: Covering Breaking News (60-120 minutes)
  Groundbreaking work by six news sites after Hurricane Katrina.
• The Interview (60 minutes)
  A typical news interview with a friendly but reluctant source
• Language of the Image (60 -120 minutes)
  How to analyze and discuss the journalistic value of images.
• Typography for News Design (120-180 minutes)
  Principles of working with type and fresh ideas to make your pages pop.
• Color in News Design (60 minutes)
  How the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.
• Best of Photojournalism: What Makes a Winner (120 minutes)
  The elements of award-winning photojournalism.
• Telling Stories with Sound (60-120 minutes)
  How to create effective narratives by gathering, processing and mixing audio.
• 5 Steps to Multimedia Storytelling (60-120 minutes)
  Simple steps to organize and produce a story that goes beyond the printed page.
• Handling Race and Ethnicity (60-120 minutes)
  Whether and how to use racial and ethnic descriptions in news stories
• ONA Training Project: Module 1 (60-120 minutes)
  The five-step multimedia production process for four Web sites
• ONA Training Project: Module 2 (60-120 minutes)
  Planning, reporting and producing three successful news Web sites