General instructions:
- Please answer the following questions in order. Leave space for unanswered questions.
- Pay attention to any specific instructions for each question.
- There are 100 points in total in this section.
Section 1. Short Writing (50 points)
Instructions: Freelance journalists frequently pitch story ideas to media outlet editors. For this task, write a short pitch about a current local Taiwanese issue, avoiding topics like COVID-19, cross-strait relations, or the recent presidential election. Begin your pitch with a one-sentence anonymous introduction that outlines your background (do not use your real name). Then, in four well-crafted sentences, describe the local issue, your unique perspective on it, and explain why it would be of interest to the readers of a specific international media outlet, which should be named in your pitch. Format your pitch as an “email” and limit it to a total of five sentences.
Section 2. Short Answers (50 points)
Instructions: Every news story begins with a “lead.” A good lead provides all the important information about the news story. Choose five persons from the following list below and write for each a comprehensive one-sentence lead for a newspaper article in English. This lead should include information about the person (who they are) and connect them with a current event:
- Donald Trump
- Vladimir Putin
- Sam Altman
- DongJun（董军）
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Nikki Haley
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- António Guterres