ANTH 492 - Seminar in Anthropology - Dalan: Scholarly vs. Popular Writing

These resources provide an overview of journalistic writing with explanations of the most important and most often used elements of journalism.

The Special Updates and Alerts sent out by AGI's Geoscience Policy staff sometimes suggest interacting with your member of Congress as a way of explaining the value of geoscience or explaining the role of geoscience in a policy decision. Communicating with your member is an important part of being an active and responsible citizen.

Scholarly writing is also known as academic writing. It is the genre of writing used in all academic fields. Scholarly writing is not better than journalism, fiction, or poetry; it is just a different category. Because most of us are not used to scholarly writing, it can feel unfamiliar and intimidating, but it is a skill that can be learned by immersing yourself in scholarly literature. - See more at: http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/312.htm#sthash.69F3FHaw.dpuf