Parthenon Mistakes

Although the year has just begun, the Parthenon always struggles those first few weeks with the list of the new reporters. In class, we reviewed two articles displayed on the front page of the paper and had to find three of the main mistakes in the articles. The first article we looked at was "Marshall to face West Virginia in Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic". Right at the beginning of the story came a mistake. The reporter started his story with a time element. This is the number one issue in APA reporting and should never do that. The time element is supposed to go at the end of the sentence, not the beginning. The second big mistake was in the other article, "Women's basketball takes on no. 9 WVU in capital classic". In the lead of this article, it is a big too long and redundant. The lead is an introduction into the story that gives the reader of brief synopsis of what will be in the article so it shouldn't bore them. "captial classic" is also not in capitals but is in the other story so that should be fixed. The last big mistake was just an overall mix of gramatical errors. If a story has many grammar issues, that it is obviously not being read over before it is turned in. You should use your APA style book for reporting or it can cost many points.