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News Writing and Reporting for Today's Media, 7/e
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Exercise 7.1
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Exercise 7.4

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Exercise 7.4 (19.0K)

Clip five stories from your local daily. Examine the direct and indirect quotations used in them. Do you agree with the way in which the quotations were handled? Are unnecessary direct quotations used? Are more needed?