MINIMUM NEWS ARTICLE REQUIREMENTS  

-ALL ARTICLES MUST BE TYPED.

-ALL ARTICLES MUST FOLLOW ASSOCIATED PRESS STYLE.

-ALL ARTICLES FOR CLASS AND FOR THE CENTURION MUST BE AT LEAST TWO PAGES (roughly 500 words).

-ALL ARTICLES MUST QUOTE AT LEAST TWO SOURCES (SOMEONE YOU INTERVIEW) BY NAME.

-ALL ARTICLES MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO COMPLETE QUOTES. THIS IS CONSIDERED ONE QUOTE:

"The guy had his gun pointed right at me," said Sgt. Bill O'Casey of the Newtown Police. "I thought my number was up."
 
INCLUDE THE NAME, AGE, HOMETOWN AND MAJOR OF ALL STUDENTS INTERVIEWED IN YOUR ARTICLES. FOR NON-STUDENTS, NAME AND OCCUPATION IS FINE.

EXAMPLE: "I think we need more trash cans on campus," said Bucks student Jill Johnson, 18, an English major from Bensalem.

(THESE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO ORIGINAL ARTICLES PRODUCED BY STUDENTS, NOT TO NEWSWRITING EXERCISES OUT OF A TEXTBOOK THAT ARE DONE IN CLASS.)