{"id":69,"date":"2022-08-26T19:35:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T19:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/historicalthinkingandhistoriography\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=69"},"modified":"2022-11-09T13:40:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:40:41","slug":"press-release","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/historicalthinkingandhistoriography\/chapter\/press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Historiography Edition"},"content":{"raw":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebluediamondgallery.com\/typewriter\/images\/press-release.jpg\" style=\"text-align: center;font-family: Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size: 14pt\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.thebluediamondgallery.com\/typewriter\/images\/press-release.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" alt=\"Close up of typewriter with &quot;Press Release&quot; on the page\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\r\n\"Press Release\" by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images\r\n\r\nThis press release assignment can be used alone or as a planning assignment (formative assessment) for the Historiography UnEssay. It is intended as a brief, intense writing exercise for a general audience to have students practice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clestatecareers.com\/post\/are-you-career-ready\">career readiness<\/a> skills such as communication and application of information technology.\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Choose a historian or historical publication\/project that had a significant impact on the discipline of history. For example, Joan Wallach Scott's pioneering 1986 article, \"Gender as a Useful Category of Analysis\" in the <em>American Historical Review.<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Write a press release around 500-800 words (notes not included). You may use any formats supported by Pressbooks and H5P.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Include your analysis of why this historian and\/or publication is important to the field of history &amp; which subdiscipline(s) it belongs to. Pitch it to a general audience.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Be sure to include the elements in the blue box in your press release and remember the sourcing and historical thinking skills outlined by the Stanford History Education Group at <a href=\"https:\/\/sheg.stanford.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/download-pdf\/Historical%20Thinking%20Chart.pdf\">SHEG Chart<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nInspiration for this assignment came from concluding comments by historian David Perry in <em>Drafting the Past\u00a0<\/em>Episode 10, \"<a href=\"https:\/\/draftingthepast.com\/podcast-episodes\/episode-10-david-m-perry-writes-out-loud\/\">David M. 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