General instructions:
- Please answer the following questions in order. Leave space for unanswered questions.
- Pay attention to any specific instructions for each question.
- All answers must be written in English.
- 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 an international issue that would be of interest to a Taiwanese audience. Avoid focusing on cross-strait relations as a specific topic. Your pitch should explain the issue’s global significance and its relevance to Taiwan.
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 international issue, your unique perspective on it, and explain why it would be of interest to the readers of a specific local 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 a comprehensive one-sentence lead for a newspaper article in English. This lead should include information about the person (who they are) and relate them to a current event:
- Yoon Suk Yeol
- Justin Trudeau
- JD Vance
- Wang Y（王毅）
- Javier Milei
- Elon Musk
- Ursula von der Leyen
- Jensen Huang