Writing a News Release
 In the world of work, how do you end up writing a news release in the first place? Likely, the situation is this: your boss has handed you several pages of information and told you to write a news release about it. Below is an example of the background information (or draft news release) you might have received. Take this raw material and write the news release. The release that eventually got written is on page 409, but don’t peek until you’ve tried the rewrite on your own. At the end of this exercise are questions to test your knowledge of writing news releases.