Paper details:
The student will review various issues in the New York Times or local newspaper and write a letter to the editor addressing an article discussing a topic that is of interest to the student, e.g. gun control, abortion, smoking cessation. Please see writing assignment scoring rubric at the end of this. The student MUST include the original newspaper article as part of the submission for a grade along with the letter written to the editor. That newspaper can be the NY Times, it can be a local paper such as the Bergen Record. Down below is the sample template format https://www.ncoa.org/public-policy-action/advocacy-toolkit/leveraging-media/sample-letter-to-editor/
