.Write up a thorough portfolio entry on Secretary Miller, with follow-up and research on the points that have the most application for your writing path. Possible items for analysis might include (but are not limited to): what factors make writing a "tough business" (free content? the economic climate? digital factors)? How might you envision his forthcoming website as a local HuffPo style hub (what would you want to see, as a reader?)? You might discuss his recent article on the Aspen Institute. How do garage door openers damage society? How does he employ Twitter and facebook both in his government role and as an Author? What are the ten universal ideals outlined in his book? What is the one principle that unites religions -- the Universal Moral Principle? Discuss The Most Awful Game in Sports History? Discuss the Y tradition. Discuss RFK's MLK speech referenced in class.
Prepare for Thursday's January 27 guest, Mack McCormick from the University Press of Kentucky.
Follow Five: Select 5 twitter accounts to follow that will enrich your professional and personal development as a Writer. Tweet those to share with the rest of the class. (Tag @ProfessorAceKy in the post.)
Finalize your Research Subject (proposals due Tuesday, February 1). You will share your Proposal in-class on Tuesday February. Prepare your portfolios (in progress) in suitable format to turn in Tuesday, February 1.
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